Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

New York-based artist Timothy Goodman was recently asked to make an artis­tic con­tri­bu­tion to the incred­i­bly chic and design-savvy Ace Hotel. And what he came up with is a though­ful, inter­ac­tive piece that encour­ages dis­cov­ery. I loved read­ing about his process. Says Timothy:

While brain­storm­ing in the weeks before, it was impor­tant to ask some larger ques­tions before I started my sketch: What’s its rel­e­vancy? What’s its impor­tance? Can it become engag­ing or par­tic­i­pa­tory? Having an idea for a mural that’s both rel­a­tive to the space it exists in and reflec­tive of the cul­ture around it is not an easy task to accom­plish. However, I felt it was some­thing I had to account for.

With those ques­tions in mind, I hand drew 99 pic­ture frames to cre­ate a dense wall of “dis­cov­ery” about NYC that could be passed to the com­mon tourist stay­ing in the room. Each frame con­tains a dif­fer­ent fact / love / tid­bit / thing of inter­est / or shout-out to a place I dig in the city. At roughly 120 square feet, the art was drawn impre­cisely to cap­ture the spon­tane­ity and grit of the city. I used paint mark­ers and opaque black paint to help this tech­nique excel. Consequently, it became a labor of love, an act of obses­sive­ness that was pleas­antly grueling.

Pretty amaz­ing, huh? Check out quite a few more images right here.