Pier recently sent us this beautifully illustrated map from his personal collection. He writes, “This is a map I made to direct house guests driving from the Twin Cities to the lake home of my parents. My mother has a collection of blue and white china displayed on the dining room wall, so that seemed […]
Pier writes, “My brother is a sailor at the Wayzata Yacht Club. He was to give a party to other sailors in his class at his home in Golden Valley. I chose the route between the two points which resembled tacking back and fourth. Initially I wanted it to be a group of sailboats, but […]
Pier was recently commissioned to create a map for a client’s soon-to-be husband. The client wanted the image to depict every place her fiancee called “home.” Pier’s solution was to represent a pile of overlapping books. He writes,”the four open atlases display maps – each in a different way: the charming and exotic town names […]
Pier, a mapping visionary and frequent contributor to our collection, recently sent us this intricate map. He drew the map to explain how to get to his parents’ home from various locations in the Minneapolis area. Turning the map reveals the different starting points: Eagan, the airport, St. Paul, Minneapolis (MPLS) and Burnsville (Ville). Simply […]
Pier, a professional illustrator, sent us a series of preliminary sketches for one of his maps. We particularly like seeing his thought process as he creates the map. Pier tell us this map, “was drawn for a wedding in upstate New Hampshire. All of the guests were driving up from Boston, Northampton, Manchester…and then later […]