I think Mark Iliffe sent me this pic of Arnold Schwarzenegger promoting his Fair Maps campaign. Having taught a workshop with Jeremy Morley on redistricting, I know how easy it can be to influence electoral outcomes through the maps that we draw. In the England we have the Boundary Commission […]
Simon Navin shared these pics from a conference centre in Marylebone, central London. Always nice to see an @OrdnanceSurvey map greet me at a meeting…as well as another icon #tubemap Also, the handrail on the OS map looks like some kind of amazing slide you can hop on between Maida […]
David Moed sent me this pic of Life spring water with a nice map on it. Seems that regardless of whether you choose sparkling or still you don’t get the Americas (or is that the photos?)
Liam Mason sent me this lovely map of the Galapagos Islands which his girl friend spotted when she was exploring Isabela Island. I know that the purists amongst our readers may protest that this is not a map in the wild but it is covered in wild animals, birds and […]
Another one from Ken, he called this a forearm smash (?). I don’t understand why people want to have tattoos, they don’t age well. It seems we are getting quite a few map tattoos though.
Rosemarie North shared this mappy cushion design. “#DYK Kuala Lumpur means muddy confluence (of 2 rivers)? Great map of the founding spot printed on cloth by Kotaku design.” Wikipedia questions this etymology but the design is still pretty.
Mark Safran shared these pics of some massive mappy canvases by Mark Bradford at The Broad in downtown LA. More #MapsInTheWild, but this time also literally #MapsAsArt Mark Bradford’s beautiful map paintings at the TheBroad