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July 29, 2010
Tile we Meet Again
The other day, Cabel Sasser (@cabel) (of Panic, fireworks displaying, and snack hunting), tweeted about some tile work uncovered in a building undergoing renovations (I'd love to know the building's name). Five days later, he tweeted again showing the unfortunate destruction of that same tile work. I thought it'd be a shame if that tile didn't get more attention/rememberance, and spent the time to digitize it.
Here is the base hexagonal pattern, and a modification using Panic's (and their awesometastic FTP application Transmit's) colors:
Additionally, I've gone and created a full-sized desktop picture (perfectly fits my 27" iMac).
Download: my original Fireworks PNGs. The file has both the main, hexagonal pattern, and the side square pattern. If you create your own versions, I'd love to hear about them.
This is absolutely stunningly beautiful.
Cabel scrapped a chunk of the floor when the contractor-vandals weren't looking and gave it to us (his parents) for safekeeping.
It is an awesome relic.
Sidenote, that building, that room in that building, was the broadcasting studio for KISN radio, Portland's top 40 hits station from the 50's through the 80's. For me that adds a level of historic interest completely unrelated to the original floor, as it was covered in carpet for all those years. The studio, and the disc jockey's inside, were completely visible from Burnside Street, and cruisers would drive by as the jocks spun their "platters" and the personalities often commented about the street happenings on the air.
Sweet that you created the pattern in Transmit colors.