The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phone
Ornithological illustrator Keith Hansen is hand-painting 1,000 bird species for a new app called Flock. The app aims to encourage users to spend less time on their phones and more time engaging with nature and birding.
Why it matters
It highlights a growing trend of 'digital minimalism' where technology is intentionally designed to disconnect users from screens.
Keith Hansen puts the finishing touches to his illustration of a painted bunting bird. Photograph: Nick Czap Keith Hansen puts the finishing touches to his illustration of a painted bunting bird. Photograph: Nick Czap San Francisco The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phone The mission of the Flock app is quietly subversive: to encourage users to ditch their screens and explore the wonderful world of birding
Prefer the Guardian on Google O n a brilliantly bright afternoon in his gallery and studio in Bolinas, a small town on the northern California coast, Keith Hansen was putting the finishing touches on a watercolor of an almost improbably flamboyant painted bunting.
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