manhole cover 2

Lately I've been noticing that manhole cover designs resemble stylized icons. Their geometric shapes, linear quality, and decorative patterned elements make them act, in some sense, as logos for themselves. And there is such a vast quantity of manhole designs out there – it's the kind of thing that once you see, you start to see everywhere – to the point where one day you have your eyes glued to the ground everywhere you walk, in the hopes of spotting a new one!

The 2nd in a series of manhole covers I'll be stylizing over the next month, the aim being to design all of Baltimore's manhole covers.