A collection of text graphics and related works, stretching back thousands of years. Textiles, BBS-graphics, poetry, mosaic, typography, and much more. Collected by Raquel Meyers and Goto80.

Includes formats such as shift-JIS, PETSCII, ASCII, ANSI, RTTY, ATASCII, unicode, braille, xbin ...
Made for media like videotex, teletext, BBS, buildings, typewriters, clothes, textile, letterpress, toys, telidon, antiope, print, minitel

With styles such as animation, typography, mosaic, poetry, text art, χχχ, text mode, advertising, elite, kufic, sloyd

Putting the emphasis on grids, patterns, emoticons, tiles, tessellations

From ancient times and the 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s , 2000s, 2010s
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Pato mudo by Pedrita. Tile panel for Projecto Travessa da Ermida
Lisboa, 2012.

#tiles      #mosaic      #2010s      #streetart     
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Tiles inspired by computer games art by Lars Arrhenius at Thorildsplan metro station in Stockholm (2008), via

#tile      #mosaic      #2000s      #patterns     

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A DDR game called “Kubus VEB Plastspielwaren Waltershausen” from the company Plaspi, ca. 1970’s. A block/cube set to plug-and-match to create patterns and mosaics.

A DDR game called “Kubus VEB Plastspielwaren Waltershausen” from the company Plaspi, ca. 1970’s. A block/cube set to plug-and-match to create patterns and mosaics.

#1970s      #plaspi      #blocks      #DDR      #cube      #mosaic      #toy     

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Wall mosaic from the Mosque of Al Burdayni in Cairo, produced in the 17th century. Via.

Wall mosaic from the Mosque of Al Burdayni in Cairo, produced in the 17th century. Via.

#tessellation      #mosaic      #tiles      #17th century      #ancient      #1600s     

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Wall mosaic from the Mosque of Al Burdayni in Cairo, produced in the 17th century. Via.

Wall mosaic from the Mosque of Al Burdayni in Cairo, produced in the 17th century. Via.

#ancient      #mosaic      #tiles      #tessellation      #17th century      #1600s     

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By Davidppe (dvdp)

#2010s      #animation      #gif      #mosaic     

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Mosaic works by Charis Tsevis. Plenty of more similar works at tsevis.com. Do you spot all the 8-bit references?

#mosaic      #2010s      #tiles     

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DDR ex-Solidarity Housing Association, Schillingstrasse 30 (Berlin).
Josef Kaiser/Johannes Gitschel (1966/67). Via

#DDR      #mosaic      #tiles      #Architecture      #1960s     

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Cilla Ramnek, floor for Café Saturnus, Stockholm (1998)

#text-mode      #textile      #Architecture      #tiles      #mosaic      #1990s     

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Praça dos Restauradores (Lisbon). The square is dedicated to the restoration of the independence of Portugal in 1640. Photo by Simon Zino.

Praça dos Restauradores (Lisbon). The square is dedicated to the restoration of the independence of Portugal in 1640. Photo by Simon Zino.

#mosaic      #tiles      #1600s      #ancient      #tessellation     

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30 days left to the the juicy Resonate festival, where Raquel will talk about her work.

30 days left to the the juicy Resonate festival, where Raquel will talk about her work.

#mosaic      #2010s     

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Mosaic border designs from a Sicilian church, produced in the 12th century. Via.

Mosaic border designs from a Sicilian church, produced in the 12th century. Via.

#ancient      #mosaic      #tiles      #tessellation     

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tessellationappreciation: Zoologischer Garten U Bhan, Berlin

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Zoologischer Garten U Bhan, Berlin

#Tessellation      #ceramic      #mosaic      #tiles     

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#textmode      #mosaic     

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fallenangel4: Kufic Calligraphy - Glazed Tile Decoration of the Jameh Mosque (مسجد جامع اصفهان), Isfahan by twiga_swala on Flickr.

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Kufic Calligraphy - Glazed Tile Decoration of the Jameh Mosque (مسجد جامع اصفهان), Isfahan by twiga_swala on Flickr.

#Architecture      #mosaic      #tiles      #ancient