United States of Whatever.

Frank Chimero’s mid-century design series “The States” started out as an off-the-cuff remark to a friend that California to his eyes had always looked like a snuffed out cigarette. And voila– from there a series was born.

Some highlights:

“California”.

“Oklahoma”.

“Colorado”.

Frank Chimero, (Website).

And just for fun, Liam Lynch’s “My United States of Whatever”: