Ken visited Japan recently for a bit R&R, he couldn’t resist sending us this map-centric menu from a local bar.
Maps in the Wild
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Elizabeth saw this in the foyer of a building in SW1. The blurb says: “Angela Detanico & Rafael Lain – A Different Place, 2022 This wall painting is based on a method of cartographic writing that correlates a letter of the alphabet with each of the earth’s 24 time zones. […]
Marc-Tobias sent me this. “Seen randomly at a German hospital. Apparently a German computer brandhttps://www.terra-computers.de/. Looking closely it really is a world map, not a fantasy maps. Theysmoothed the edges it became also unrecognizable.
Reinder spotted this in a Utrecht restaurant “… in restaurant ‘De ontdekking’ [The discovery]” Quite something!
Berl said “We saw these two at the top of Monte Igueldo in Donostia (San Sebastian) in the Basque region of Spain. Apparently Basque bears no relationship to any other language.”
Our friend Giuseppe is trying to print a map on a tee shirt. He is not yet satisfied with the result, but can you guess the location?
I had lunch at The Barbary in Covent Garden with a pal. I couldn’t resist a couple of pics of these lovely place mats.
Jaview Jimenz Shaw shared this board game. The translation of the box is: APPRECIATE THE WORLD Who will be the betting world champion? Most residents? Longest road network? Largest forest area? Highest temperature?
