May 27, 2008

A Drawing Spanning the Globe

by Christine Huang

Artist Erik Nordenankar and DHL have created the largest (virtual) drawing in the world, using a briefcase, GPS, and DHL’s shipping services. The artist devised a 55-day journey for the GPS-equipped parcel, which DHL transported through 62 countries in a specific pattern resulting in an outline of the artist’s silhouette. The 70,000 mile trip was part of a clever advertising campaign for the shipping company. Watch the video below to see how it worked:

[via Gizmodo]Update: Turns out the whole thing… was a hoax. Too bad - still a nice idea.

Article categories: Advertising & Branding, Arts & Culture, Electronics & Gadgets, Transport & Travel

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2 Responses to “A Drawing Spanning the Globe”

  1. James Gordon-MacIntosh
    Posted from: 82.69.25.206

    May 28th, 2008 at 8:33 am

    You might be interested to know that this is, by admission of its maker, a hoax. Well, actually, it’s a degree show piece, but the GPS experiment was never run according to Eric the “artist’s” website.

  2. John Mario Díaz
    Posted from: 201.232.68.55

    May 28th, 2008 at 10:39 am

    What a big idea. Only one fake. The images about Cartagena, in my country, are not Cartagena. There are not this species of trees in Cartagena. There are not a kind of electric train.

    Really apreciate a idea so big, but i thhink the true in all the facts is important too.

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