Reinder sent this pic, he said “In Amsterdam, they named the Balthasar Floriszstraat after a 17th C. mapmaker. In this street I ran into a rather peculiar world map. The caption says ‘No Cigars'”
Walter Schwartz said “Every Wednesday my hiking group covers about 15 km of distance and 500 meters of elevation, almost always “in the wild.” As one of us changed into hiking shoes I spotted this insole. It’s a kind of map that has seen plenty of wild!” I think we […]
Rollo was drinking this tasty South African Malbec from the Cape Geography Co and was inspired to send us a pic before he finished the bottle!
Mark Iliffe spotted this neat t-shirt in a New York shop. You may need to enlarge the picture to appreciate it. I want (L please).
Maarten Pullen sent us this pic of a vending machine that he spotted in Amsterdam. If you are puzzled by this one, Maarten explained “The shot was taken in Amsterdam, at the Amsterdam School of Real Estate. They probably want to show some of their local identity to all the […]
Eric Lund said “Came across this eye-catching map at my eye doctor’s office this week and had to share it with you.” Well I am glad he did share it, what a cracking map in the wild! Here’s a bit more detail. This piece was designed by Tad Bradley, the […]
Tony Rabin spotted this map of the indigenous peoples of Australia near the Qantas bording gate at LAX
A few weeks ago I did an interview with Eve Kahn for a piece she was writing for The NewYork Times about what she calls “Cartifacts” which are a subset of Maps in the Wild. Mappery gets a very nice write up of course and I recommend the whole piece […]