My husband never ceases to amaze me with his internet finds. Now with his newest toy, an iPad, he is a twitter extroidinaire and keeps his finger on the pulse of the latest news and even sends me links to design finds! He has taken to reading Design Milk's Flipboard which brought these cool maps by Axis Maps to my attention, as a hint for Christmas. We both love maps as art, he especially loves them and collects maps from his travels.
I have always loved typography, I guess it comes from my high school drafting course days when I loved practicing lettering {we weren't allowed to use the computer, had to be done by hand}, even working for an engineering firm in university where they let me do the lettering for their blueprints. Typography is a wonderful combination of art with {in my opinion} math/science. It's precise and follows a pattern. Does that make any sense?
Check out these maps!
These maps of Chicago and Boston are made up entirely of words!
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After searching a bit more I came across these from Ork Posters:
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{I think MadeByGirl had this one in her office?}
Can I just say I LOVE these!
I think I might have to buy a few, hmmm...
which ones?
Photo source: {1,2.3,4} Axis Maps
{5, 6, 7} Ork Posters
