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An Artist is Making a Map of Manhattan Using Only Handwritten Directions From...
Think about it, when was the last time you asked for directions? Or even used a paper map? Armed with smart phones and fancy GPS apps that map the route to your destination in milliseconds, asking a...
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Elaborate New Portraits Drawn on Vintage Maps by Ed Fairburn
Peak District, 2013. Pencil on a contoured map of the Peak District. 47 x 35in (120 x 90cm) Colorado Geological, 2013. Pencil on a geological map of Colorado, the first of a series of works exclusive...
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Pinpoint Your Travels on the Cork Globe
A perfect mix of both functional cork board and world globe, the Cork Globe is a snazzy desktop object for any world traveler. Designed by Chiaki Kawakami for Suck UK. (via The Awesomer)
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These Beautiful 3D Topographies Rendered by Lee Griggs Look Like Weather...
Madrid-based 3D artist Lee Griggs created some fascinating topographical illustrations using 3D animation and rendering software Maya Xgen and Arnold. Each piece is comprised of countless spheres,...
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Flowing City Maps Imagine the Influence of Cities on the Environment
Tokyo Rio de Janeiro Paris New York Venice As part of a new exhibition in Venice that explores the relationship between cities and inhabitants, digital artist and illustrator Istvan (previously)...
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Sprawling Paper Nervous Systems Cut into Repurposed Books by Barbara Wildenboer
Barbara Wildenboer produces sculptures pieced together from delicately cut books, thin strips of paper splaying out from each book’s spine. Wildenboer’s found books are often ones containing maps,...
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New Portraits Drawn on Maps and Star Charts by Ed Fairburn
English artist Ed Fairburn (previously) uses vintage road maps and star charts as canvases for drawn portraits. Cross-hatched patterns and shaded regions inside roads, borders, and rivers assimilate...
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Art Meets Cartography: The 15,000-Year History of a River in Oregon Rendered...
When considering the historical path of a river, it’s easy to imagine a torrential flood that causes a stream to overflow its banks, or a drought that brings a body of water to a trickle. The reality...
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A Logarithmic Map of the Entire Known Universe in One Image
Trying to imagine the scope of the cosmos is nearly impossible, but musician and artist Pablo Carlos Budassi decided to make a visual attempt by cramming the entire known universe into a single image....
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New Ballpoint Pen Illustrations on Vintage Envelopes and Maps by Mark Powell
It’s been a couple of years since we last checked in on Mark Powell (previously here and here), who produces ballpoint pen portraits and illustrations of birds and people on vintage envelopes....
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A Stunning Gold Foil Rendering of New York Icons Inspired by Klimt
Designer Rafael Esquer of Alfalfa New York created this amazing print of New York inspired by patterns found in artworks by Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. Titled Iconic New York Illuminated,...
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Archiving the World’s Saddest Destinations Via Google Maps
On a platform filled with glamorous travel images from across the globe, Australian artist Damien Rudd’s account @sadtopographies contributes quite the opposite. Rudd finds the most depressing...
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Mini Metros: Minimalist Worldwide Transit Maps by Peter Dovak
Mini Metros is an ongoing series of worldwide public transit maps that have been “shrunken and simplified” into tiny diagrams by D.C.-based designer Peter Dovak. So far he’s completed over 200 light...
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Jewelry Designed From Personalized Maps by Talia Sari
Industrial designer and jeweler Talia Sari has been producing rings, necklaces, and brooches based off of customized maps for nearly 6 years. Her works are simple recreations of personalized...
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How the British Library Digitized One of the World’s Largest Books
The Klencke Atlas published in 1660 is one of the most famous objects in the British Library's cartographic collection, a towering book that stands nearly 6 feet tall and reaches over seven feet wide...
View ArticleAnimated Subway Maps Compared to Their Actual Geography
New York by playhouse_animation Designing a public transit map can be a complicated process, taking months if not years to create a concise layout that can be interpreted quickly for commuters on the...
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The Roman Empire’s 250,000 Miles of Roadways Imagined as a Subway Transit Map
University of Chicago sophomore Sasha Trubetskoy spent a few weeks designing this amazing subway-style transit map of all the roads in the Roman Empire circa 125 AD. As Kottke notes, Rome constructed...
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Densely Textured Murals Reminiscent of Topographical Maps by ‘Klone’
As part of an ongoing body of work titled Personal Topography, artist Klone has painted murals around the world in this distinct, striped style. The paintings of creatures and people are meant as a...
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New Bic Ballpoint Pen Portraits on Vintage Maps and Stationery by Mark Powell
Working atop faded street maps, vintage National Geographic magazine covers, and decades-old stationery, London-based artist Mark Powell (previously) draws the wrinkled contours of his subject’s faces...
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Grid Corrections: A Short Film Shows How Straight Roads Bend to Respond to...
That the flat Mercator projection maps we encounter in classrooms show a distorted view of our spherical planet is fairly well-known fact at this point. But the real-life application of grids on the...
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