typographic maps – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 13:12:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg typographic maps – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 A Typographic Literary Map of London https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/04/a-typographic-literary-map-of-london/ Mon, 10 Apr 2017 15:29:42 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=4225 More]]>
Dex, “Literary London Map (Graphite Plike, 2017).” White ink on Plike Graphite paper, 50 × 70 cm.

You might have seen this typographic literary map of London: it was featured in a recent article in the Telegraph and went a bit viral from there. The work of London-based artist Dex, who runs a creative studio with interior designer Anna Burles, the map places the names of fictional characters in the areas of London they’re associated with. It’s one of several typographic maps and illustrations available for sale on the artist’s website. [Cartophilia/Goodreads]

]]> 4225 Typographic Map of San Francisco https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/06/typographic-map-of-san-francisco/ Thu, 23 Jun 2016 22:53:47 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=2307 More]]> axis-sf-typo

Axis Maps updated their typographic map of San Francisco last month, with bodies of water, beaches and parks seeing changes. Prints are already sold out are sold out in the UK store but still available in the U.S.; but we can still appreciate the design. [Andy Woodruff]

Earlier blog posts about typographic maps.

]]> 2307 New York Music Map https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/01/new-york-music-map/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:13:20 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=459 More]]> new-york-music-map

The New York Music Map is a typographical map made up of some 450 musical artists with some connection to the city. (Some choices are bound to be controversial.) A project of the U.K.-based Kingdom Collective, it’s available in both online and print forms. [via]

]]> 459 Laconic History of the World https://www.maproomblog.com/2013/01/laconic-history-of-the-world/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:48:26 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/2013/01/laconic-history-of-the-world/ More]]> Laconic History of The World
Martin Elmer’s “Laconic History of the World” is a typographic map of the world that reduces each country to a single word. It was produced, Martin says, “by running all the various countries’ ‘History of _____’ Wikipedia article through a word cloud, then writing out the most common word to fit into the country’s boundary. The result is thousands of years of human history oversimplified into 100-some words.” Martin has also created a graphic reader’s companion that explains the results.

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