As far as I can tell, this is the first map I collected. Drawn 10 years before I founded the Hand Drawn Map Association, it provides directions to three places in Chicago: the music venues Lounge Ax (now closed) and Empty Bottle, as well as the BFA graduation exhibition for the School of the Art […]
Drawn on the back of a fax cover page, this map provides directions from 237 East Ontario Street to two of the tallest buildings in Chicago: the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and 311 South Wacker St. The HDMA received this anonymous submission in an envelope along with a pink Post-it stating “my boss, owner […]
In August 2008, Tony found the HDMA online and decided to write an article for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune where he was a summer intern. During our interview, Tony mentioned that his mother was always drawing maps for him as he was starting out on his own in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Eventually he emailed […]