My name is David Fleck.
Working daily between illustration, humanitarian architecture, and design, I'm interested in the crossover between art, architecture, people and our cities.
"I find it hard to imagine something in all it's imperfection until I have a go at drawing it, then I realise just how complex and beautiful it really is. So that's what I try my best to show- complexity, imperfection, beauty, and a bit of naivety too."
"I find it hard to imagine something in all it's imperfection until I have a go at drawing it, then I realise just how complex and beautiful it really is. So that's what I try my best to show- complexity, imperfection, beauty, and a bit of naivety too."
Our Ancestors presents portraits of city life as a collection of limited edition screenprints, digital prints and 3D models from architect and illustrator, David Fleck. His whimsically enchanting linear studies use a clean and fresh palette to celebrate trusted, architectural forms as if they were built yesterday. Although void of perspective, these city streets are layered, creating an undulating wave of building facades and natural landscapes with a reassuring reminder of simpler times gone by.
Although inspired by local towns and cities, Fleck’s final folio of works could well be associated with many international locations (an idea discussed in Italio Calvino’s influential book, Invisible Cities). Every city is a playground of discovery, a world of chaos and experience waiting to be uncovered and shared. The relationship between a cutting edge, contemporary city and its people is, of course, reciprocal and influenced by the town planning and the priorities of our ancestors. Fleck’s cities depict this oxymoron, by illustrating classical architecture in a contemporary style – a pairing down of complex structures to their most prominent features. Fleck captures the character of a population through an illustration of the city, and characterizes a city through a drawing of one person. It is in the combination that we find a portrait of city life.
In the winter of 1785 in Edinburgh, all the shops closed for a day and over 80,000 people gathered in the grounds of my old school to watch the incredible spectacle of Vincenzo Lunardi taking one of the world's first ever balloon rides. The whole town caught balloon fever, with Scottish women even wearing large balloon shaped bonnets named after the famous aeronaut.
Growing up in Edinburgh I could occasionally watch hot air balloons rise over the city from the park opposite my house. This design is ode to Edinburgh, a city of history and grandeur.
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This summer I got married, and this design is a gift to my amazing wife. It's a bit of a tribute to us and our wedding, particularly with the colours and the bunting- we made over 700m (2300ft) of the stuff with our friends in the run up to the big day!
More amazing artworks by David Fleck
More amazing artworks by David Fleck
More amazing artworks by David Fleck
More amazing artworks by David Fleck
More amazing artworks by David Fleck
More amazing artworks by David Fleck
More amazing artworks by David Fleck
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