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One of my favorite book discoveries this summer is Drainspotting by Remo Camerota. The book celebrates an array of fascinating manhole cover designs from Japan. According to Camerota, nearly 95% of the 1,780 municipalities in Japan have their very own customized manhole covers. The country has elevated this humble, practical object to its […]
One of several colored manholes that can be seen around the station.
Photograph by S MORITA (MRSY on Flickr) In 95% of Japan’s 1,780 municipalities you will find artistic manhole covers unique to each city and town. It has become apart of the cou…
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Visitors to Japan can’t help but be struck by the beauty of its temples, its scenic views, its zen gardens, its manhole covers… You read that right.
One of the coolest attraction in Japan lies beneath the feet. All across the country, manhole covers are custom made for individual towns an...
Manhole covers don’t have to be ugly sewer lids. In Japan, they can be astoundingly intricate, colorful, museum-worthy feats of urban design.
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There are a lot of beautiful designed and colored manhole covers in Japan.
In today’s modern world, we sure take a lot for granted. We live in luxury with electric light, not candlelight. We drive to work polluting our ecosystem, not flying on rainbows. We use the bathroom in not a smelly outhouse but a private bathroom, but think for a minute. Where does it go? Though we […]
Manhole covers don’t have to be ugly sewer lids. In Japan, they can be astoundingly intricate, colorful, museum-worthy feats of urban design.
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There are a lot of beautiful designed and colored manhole covers in Japan.
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One of the coolest attraction in Japan lies beneath the feet. All across the country, manhole covers are custom made for individual towns an...
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A visual guide to some of Japan’s most beautiful manhole covers.
A manhole cover is generally deemed successful if its round shape keeps pedestrians from plummeting into the earth, and communicates the subterranean systems below through its design.
A blog about art and science and all the wonderful bits in-between!
In today’s modern world, we sure take a lot for granted. We live in luxury with electric light, not candlelight. We drive to work polluting our ecosystem, not flying on rainbows. We use the bathroom in not a smelly outhouse but a private bathroom, but think for a minute. Where does it go? Though we […]
Link to introductory page See also: Hungary Budapest has a wide range of distinctive modern manhole covers, mostly incorporating the capital's (fövárosi) coat of arms. They are produced by a variety of foundries (öntöde), mainly Hungarian but also including the pervasive PAM. Even here though the coat of arms is incorporated, demonstrating that it is not necessary to purchase dull off-the-peg designs, but it is possible with a little thought to commission something individual. Budapesti Elektromos Müvek Tulajdona, also seen in Szekszard Fövárosi csatornázási müvek RT Budapest, Hydrotec Fövárosi csatornázási müvek RT Budapest, Rexel. A customised PAM cover. Fövárosi csatornázási müvek, Ferro Ontode KFT Fövárosi csatornázási müvek RT, 1997, Budapest, Szegedi Ontode KFT Patina öntöde, FCSM ZRT, 2007 Fövárosi csatornázási müvek Tulajdona Fövárosi csatornázási müvek RT, Szegedi Vasöntöde KFT Fövárosi csatornázási müvek, Ferro öntöde KFT Link to introductory page See also: Hungary
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Some places really make an effort with their manhole designs. Yuda Onsen in Yamaguchi with more than 30 different designs being an obv...
To the left you’ll see a photo of a New York City manhole cover. More likely than not, your hometown has covers that are just as uncreative as this one. Now check out Japan’s manholes. Each town within Japan’s prefectures has its own unique cover. Pink Tentacle has a series of links to Japanese manhole […]
A manhole cover is generally deemed successful if its round shape keeps pedestrians from plummeting into the earth, and communicates the subterranean systems below through its design.
raubdruckerin pirate printers create edgy streetwear clothing by printing berlin's manhole covers onto bags and t-shirts.
The plumbing section CAD drawing includes sewer pipe bedding for laying, stainless steel grating piping, and manhole section which consist 3/4
