The Art of Cartographics: Designing the Modern Map

We’ve seen so many different types of cartography in our time. From the archive replicas in our map room to illustrated maps by new artists. It’s so interesting to see how it is evolving as an art and how different people interpret maps differently. The Art of Cartographics is a collection of maps that showcases the most creative and interesting design projects from around the world. It features geographical maps, fictional maps and fresh and innovative approaches to cultural, economic and political maps. Here is a glimpse of what’s inside:

Egg Map

This oxygen filled map is weatherproof and features manual zooming. Just squeeze to magnify detail.

Bicentennial Geological Map of Britain

Issued in 2015 it depicts modern geological bedrock data in the style of Smith’s early-nineteenth-century cartography.

Wired World

Created as a donation for the Boise Weekly, a newspaper in Idaho. It is composed of over 1,000 steel nails and roughly 150 feet of aluminium wire on a backdrop of oak.  

 

Literary London Map

Features characters from the pages of novels based in the city.

Prodotti Tradizionali Italiani

This illustrated map allows viewers to discover some of the wonders of Italian gastronomy and their areas of origin.

China Map

This simplified map of China has the unusual addition of sea surrounding the nation as if it were an island.

 

The Art of Cartographics £30.00

 

 

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