Desire Lines / Olifantenpaadjes

First Edition!

Author Jan Dirk van der Burg
Publisher Jan Dirk van der Burg
Language English / Dutch
Pages 164
Size 23 × 20 cm
Binding Softcover
Photographs by Jan Dirk van der Burg
Edit/design by Erik Kessels
Self-published, Amsterdam, 2011

Type of binding Paperback, glue bound
Type of paper Silk
Number of pictures 77
Type of printing Offset
Printer Rob Stolk

In the Netherlands they call a fork in the road, “Olifantenpaadjes” which (sometimes literally) translates to “Elephant path.” It’s a path that slowly comes into existence when people always try to take the same shortcut. Man is always the shortest way from A to B. Urban planners and city planners often want different paths. But why is this? Elephant Paths is an optimistic indictment of a scenic abuse.