Kevin Carey said “After a nice morning walk up Craigendarroch in Ballater. It was nice to see this table top decoration in the local cafe (The Bothy Ballater)”
Yearly archives: 2025
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My word, (and forgive the language), but what an arse of a job they’ve made of this. This is at the Brussels terminal of the Eurostar where they’ve superimposed some historical mapping, geology maps, the tube map and a picture of Shakespeare and some other random graphics to make a […]
Happy 7th birthday, Mappery! I travelled with my OS flask all summer, but I admit I forgot it when hiking in the mountains. I took it when I visited Arles for the photo festival. There were a few maps at the exhibits so that they will arrive in a few […]
Today is our 7th birthday, really quite amazing. That’s 2,000 posts and 3,000 images! I chose these pix from the Shipping House in Amsterdam (aka Scheepvaarthuis) that Reinder sent to me for 2 reasons – firstly, because the windows are absolutely beautiful and represent the essence of a Map in […]
Carol Ely spotted this, “While maps are often used on TV news shows, it took a while for the penny to drop that the entire background and graphic scheme of the MSNBC (US) show Inside with Jen Psaki is a stylized map of Washington DC. It often looks like a Mondrian grid! […]
Damian Spangrud sent us these pics of an art installation at Hilton Metropole in London. These all hand cut designs using old maps – beautiful work.
Reinder saw this at the graduation show at the K A B K: The Hague Royal Academy of Art. https://www.kabk.nl/agenda/graduation-show-2025
Marc-Tobias said “Giant globe at Dusseldorf Airport. A QR code points to an online multiple-choice game.”
These maps were on sale at the Deventer Book Market which is apparently the second largest in Europe. Who knows which is the largest?
This Tryptich, entitled Daventriptiek, was made by Marco Mout en Gezellen. Reinder explained “Daventriae = Latin for Deventer: an old town in the Dutch province of Overijssel – so the title of this triptych is quite appropriate”
Steven Gordon sent us these pics from the bathroom walls from Lapin Bleu Bar and Art Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC. (the bathrooms are unisex, accessible to all) Lapin Bleu Facebook page
Reinder spotted this series of posters on the Rue Piat in the 20th Arrondissement of Paris. The heading of the map translates (according to Google as “The Seine’s upheavals – watershed, living basin” – would love to know what Greendock is that needs to be stopped if any of our […]
Elizabeth spotted this piece of carto based art in Granary Square, Kings Cross. The underlying map is from the Great Northern Railway which used to run into Kings Cross.