Invisible cities

Illustrations based on Italo Calvino's popular novel.

Image 13 of 13 from gallery of What Can Metaverse Planners Learn from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities. Illustration of Octavia, the spider-web city. Image Courtesy of Cecilia Reeve

Illustration, Photography, Architecture

In the second part of the book, we get introduced to Maurilia, a postcard city. Here the recurrent discussion of change, and perception of change is metaphorized through an old and new Maurilia, in…

Illustration, Architecture, Graphic Design, Adobe Illustrator

School Project for Abadir College of Art, illustration course

Image 5 of 13 from gallery of What Can Metaverse Planners Learn from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities. Illustration of Zobeide. Image Courtesy of Pooja Patel

This work of fiction is not just a story, it’s a rich conversation and a surreal travelogue of the most fantastical cities.Invisible Cities, the 1972 novel by writer Italo Calvino (translated by William Weaver) is said to be one of his most cherished works. This work of fiction is not just a story, it’s a rich conversation between Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor, and Marco Polo, the Venetian traveler. The book is a vivid travelogue of the most fantastical cities Marco Polo visited on his…

Invisible Cities_Italo Calvino_The city of Zirma