This week, we start a series with the artist Christian Guemy. C215, Christian Guemy’s artistic pseudonym, is a French street artist renowned for his unique blend of historical figures and vintage map boards. By transforming these weathered maps into canvases, C215 breathes new life into forgotten objects while leaving a […]
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When your Canadian friends have just arrived in London and have settled in. I must admit I am still a bit jealous of their blanket.
Walking around Parson Green, I discovered this cafe and wine bar, which also sells furniture and cookware. It was too late on a Sunday evening to try it. And the extensive use of the world maps without missing Madagascar and New Zealand is worth a post.
These shots were taken at Lightroom, London’s David Hockney immersive experience. The show comes back on 17 June 2024.
I found this map of Calais when I visited the Halle de la Machine in the suburbs of Toulouse. The map shows the settlement of machines, like the one in the next picture of the famous Minotaur.
Dean was happy to find @mapsinthewild on BlueSky and shared this T-shirt. Dean It’s a t-shirt from Route 19 Brewing showing the roads of Cape Breton, NS. Damn nice roads, including the Cabot Trail.
As I get one year wiser, I want to share something from my past. I used to live in Toulouse, in the southwest part of France. Property development is huge there, but sometimes, in the middle of the new neighbourhood, we keep remains of the past. The map in Montaudran […]
A cartofailure with a Tattoo, thanks to @lecartopgraphe for sharing. Just in time to celebrate #MapFailbruary
credit: Christian Guémy, This map in the wild comes from the French Artist Christian Guémy. I am a fan of his work on maps but also all the street art, more over his engagement. Please pay a visit to his Instagram account christianguemy Stendhal is a 19th-century French writer. He […]
I was wandering in Sunny London when I discovered these contour lines at the Japan House London. It was impossible to take a clear shot, so I came back by night, kind of easy in winter, as this is just the end of the afternoon. More information about the exhibition […]
Visible in the London tube. Here is what one can find visiting the in and out of the Bakerloo Line. And celebrating 8 years in London for me.
Laure shared with me these world maps made of passports, visas, and stamps. She found it at her office in Basingstoke.