Yearly archives: 2020
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Reinder Storm sent us this. In the restaurant at the former island of #Schokland, the lights on the ceiling have the maplike / cartographic outline of the island You have to look carefully to see the similarity.
Matt Walker sent me this pic Spotted this wonderful #mapsinthewild at Kidderminster Carpet Museum (@MuseumofCarpet) last weekend. According to the display “Aerial view of the Ulster Carpets design for the Sacramento Airport Carpet”. Further info: sacramento.aero/smf/about/art
Karen Nickel sent us this beauty. “I like this because the maps have to be read from inside the building and that they show locations in the vicinity, each pane being a separate map.54.3010°N, 0.9178°W”
Another one from Reinder Storm (who else?) “The Netherlands is a flat country – here it’s represented as a #pancake kind of #map Artwork by Monique Bröring”
Andrew Newman spotted these maps in a multi storey car park in Milton Keynes. “There is a new multi-storey car park in Milton Keynes and the cladding is maps of the towns famous gridded road network. I worked in MK for 12 months after graduating and we went back for […]
Matt Hills shared this stairway to map heaven (well at least for some of us!) “a slightly wiggly journey from Fowey to the Camel Estuary. Our house is on the third step up.”
Andrew Newman shared this pic. “I liked this 3D map on a National Trust sign into the Long Mynd in Shropshire”
Nigel Clifford spotted this map of Hannington on a slab of granite while he was cycling through the village – impressive and looks like it could last for another millennium.
Reinder Storm (who else?) shared this pic of the Douwes bookshop in The Hague with a lot of globes in their window.
Miguel Marques shared this impressive buoy where the rust has been partially painted over to create the globe pattern. “Happy birthday, here’s one for you. It’s in the city of Viseu, Portugal. A work of art from a Portuguese artist created from a boat fender.”
Alice Gadney shared these pics of the Eagle Brewery making a delivery. Lovely contour lines, are they real?