TV Series Mr. Robot features Diorama of New York

Fans of the television series Mr. Robot, may have noticed the large scale diorama of New York City featured in Episode 9 when Angela looks for Elliot in their childhood haunt, the Queens Museum.

 

Conceived by the infamous Robert Moses for the 1964 World's Fair, the Panorama of The City of New York was built by architectural model makers, Lester & Associates, who employed over 100 workers to complete the 1:1200 scale model from 1961 to 1964. The total area of the finished diorama is 9,355 square feet. 

View of Downtown Manhattan on the Panorama, c. 1985. Photo by Dan Cornish, Esto

So if you're looking for a new haunt, check out this awesome miniature model of the Big Apple.

Fun Fact: Two crew members left their names spelled in shrubbery. So if you visit, look for Bill and Ed somewhere in Jamaica Bay...

View of Queens Museum, New York State Pavilion, and the Unisphere on the Panorama of the City of New York

visit the Queens Museum online for more info: queensmuseum.org

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Diorama Diligence-Constructing the Worlds of Wes Anderson

Grand Budapest Hotel Model on display@Arclight Cinema-Los Angeles

Wes Anderson, master of cinematic naivete, has again charmed movie-goers with his latest film, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" now nominated for 9 Academy Awards, including Best Achievement in Production Design and Best Picture.

The film features many large scale model miniatures constructed by a talented team and led by Berlin based model/prop maker Simon Weisse.

The excellent Cinefex Magazine blog features an in depth interview with Mr. Weisse about his work on the film and also includes some great behind the scenes stories and photos. http://cinefex.com/blog/the-grand-budapest-hotel/

http://www.simonweisse.de

http://www.simonweisse.de

http://www.simonweisse.de

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Magical Paper Dioramas

Hari Panicker & Deepti Nair, are an artist couple, originally from India and currently based out of Denver, Colorado, whose hand-cut paper dioramas tell stories of adventure, travel and magical places.
Hari & Deepti have evolved an intricate paper-cutting style, partly inspired by Balinese shadow puppets, that incorporates back-lit light boxes using flexible LED strip lights. The effect is a stunning 3-D world that comes to glowing life.
Their work is available at the Black Book Gallery Website.
And more photos can be seen on their Instagram page.

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