At first glance, they appear to be aerial photos of congested cityscapes, but artist Hong Seon Jang‘s “Type City” is actually a micro-scale model metropolis made entirely of discarded letterpress typesets! [Inhabitat]
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“Type City” is a solo show on display at the David B Smith Gallery in Denver, Colorado.
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Look closely and you’ll notice atop each “building” there is a letter of the alphabet.
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From the right perspective, “Type City” looks spookily like a flat world with an edge to plummet off of.
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This tiny city measures just 61 x 28cm and soars a whopping 35.5cm high.