MINOR AT HEART
Documenting subway station design for 40 years
Philip Ashforth Coppola has been creating painstakingly detailed ballpoint pen drawings of the design work at New York City subway stations—their decorative elements, the tile patterns, the typefaces, and more—since 1978.
Filling every page
Artist José Naranja has amassed tons of followers on Instagram, where the former aeronautic engineer posts photos of his richly detailed full-color ink and watercolor sketches
About
Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Send him an email.