During the Covid 19 confinement, I’ve spent my short daily walkings completing my collection, started shortly before, of the 1 to 100 most beautiful facade numbers spotted in my neighborhood, Ixelles (Brussels, Belgium), to show its beauty and its diversity. Then I’ve extended my exploration to other neighborhoods of my city.
Each house entrance is a portrait of the people who live behind it.
The choice of font, color, material, size,... and, of course, the background: each detail tells a story.
Painted, colored, drawn, stenciled, taped, tagged, chalked, childish, obsolete, tinkered, rigid, design, framed, imprisoned, tiled, in mosaic, tubular, enameled, shaded, in-lighted, illuminated, erased numbers.
Let yourself be inspired by the poetry of professional or improvised typography, look for the smallest graffiti, the tiniest cracks, the hidden messages, the materials, the work of the craftsman.
Click on the app logo below to download the free app (only for IOS so far) to find the photos of the numbers and their addresses via an interactive map. Or choose the city file(s) below to download the pdf to print yourself in A3 format. For Android users, you'll also find a link to the Google map of each city on the pdfs.
Finally, the app with its high-definition photos is also a great tool and source of inspiration for graphic designers and visual artists.
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