sunday newsletter
a designboom.com publication
August 2011, 14
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every sunday we choose a topic from the vast archive of designboom
today: maps
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david hanauer: google earth worldwide carpets
published 08.11.11
the artist manipulates google earth images into patterns that recall traditional persian rugs, exploring both the intersections of the traditional and the contemporary as well as american suburban planning.
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mapnificient travel-time map
published 06.03.11
already created for over fifty cities worldwide, the web interface depicts the distance a user can cover in a set time span, such as 10 minutes, through walking, biking, and public transit.
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alex hammond: tubetable
published 03.19.11
the london underground system in white acrylic sandwiched between two sheets of glass.
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bus shelter billboard and geotagged google map project by yen trinh
published 02.24.11
a play on the 'priority seating for the disabled' signs posted in most public transit cars, yen trinh's interventionist project encourages spontaneous conversation in day to day life. a bus shelter billboard and geotagged google map support downloadable signage designed for people to print and post in public worldwide.
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emanuele pizzolorusso: crumpled city maps
published 11.29.10
these maps have been designed as soft, light, but strong, waterproof objects,which can be quickly scrunched up, rolled into a ball, and thrown into one's bag, without having to be folded - literally, a 'crumpled city'.
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dirk schchter: typomaps
published 10.28.10
combining the elements of geography and typography, this double-sided poster uses helvetica neue black condensed font to communicate the world in words.
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johnson banks: designer maps for london design festival 2010
published 09.16.10
for this year's london design festival johnson banks have designed a collection of maps that will help visitors pinpoint some of the V&A museum's design highlights.
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magnificent maps
published 06.11.10
the british library in london is currently displaying magnificent maps, an exhibition that looks at the social, political and historical context of maps. the exhibit was designed by universal design studio, who was awarded the bid through a design competition
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matthew picton
published 04.02.10
the work of artist matthew picton is influenced by cartography and the inherent beauty of lines and forms that arise from natural topography and built environments.
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the map as art
published 03.31.10
maps can be simple tools, comfortable in their familiar form. or they can lead to different destinations: places turned upside down or inside out, territories riddled with marks understood only by their maker, realms connected more to the interior mind than to the exterior world.
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