A playful publication that features modular illustrations generated from shapes observed and collected in the urban environment. These catalogued elements, (a drainpipe, a chimney, a slanting sidewalk...) are assembled to build new makeshift structures. Each of them can be read as a character, with personality traits interpreted from these elements, like a pointy hat, or a stylish curve... They act as totems, avatars for the roles we play in city life : ambitious, pragmatic, curious, careful...