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  • Fascinating Medieval Era Maps

    Fascinating Medieval Era Maps
    Maps, whether in analogue or digital form, have become important tools in man's life, and even more so for those who frequently travel. We'd be lost without them, but did you know that they can also be fascinatingly artsy too, especially the ones from millenniums past? Take a look at some interesting ancient maps from the Medieval Era after the jump!
    October 29, 2012

  • Amazing Overlays: Atlas by Fernando Vicente

    Amazing Overlays: Atlas by Fernando Vicente
    Spanish illustrator Fernando Vicente gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, “seeing the world with a different eye” by painting different images over existing cartographs and maps.
    August 28, 2012 2 comments

  • From Cave Paintings to Crumpled Cities

    From Cave Paintings to Crumpled Cities
    Cartography didn't just decide to exist in our culture. It has a history too. It began thousands of years ago on paintings of the heavens drawn on cave walls. Our ancestors were more sophisticated than we thought they were.
    August 21, 2012

  • Papercut Maps of Birds and Plants

    Papercut Maps of Birds and Plants
    The art of papercutting isn't just limited to Chinese papercutting which is what comes to mind when this art form is mentioned. Claire Brewster works to revitalize old and outdated maps by breathing life into them by intentionally puncturing them to create cutouts of beautiful birds, plants and insects in motion!
    January 30, 2012 2 comments

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