Cross section cravings

October 25, 2008 12:37 PM

Help me find cross section posters and books.

I am looking for books and posters which display exploded cross sections of various technologies (airplanes, spacecraft, machines). For reference, I am a fan of Stephen Biesty's books, so anything in that vein will satisfy my cravings. Bonus points if anyone can tell me how to get copies of United Technologies' cross-section advertisements.

posted by nightengine to travel & transportation (3 comments total)

You would be interested in Paulo Soleri's Arcology book. Here is a sample. (hotlinked from a google image search)
posted by Large Marge at 12:46 PM on October 25, 2008

DK has a whole series of these for kids, probably taking off from the popularity of Biesty's stuff.
posted by mediareport at 6:22 PM on October 25, 2008

Clearly you need anything by David Macaulay. It's not 100% cross-section, but surely the histories and free-body diagrams are bonuses? You may be interested in Castle, The Way Things Work*, or others. (Also, even though it has nothing to do with cross-sections, you should not overlook the delightful Motel of the Mysteries, where archaeologists rediscover an American town hundreds of years after a, um, man-made disaster (no spoilers by me!), and their interpretations of our culture.)

*if you can be bothered, find a copy of the old version instead of The New Way... which has more electronic stuff in it
posted by whatzit at 8:53 PM on October 25, 2008