Janel drew this for guests attending a progressive dinner party where each course is held at a different home. Attendees were all apprentices at the Fabric Workshop and Museum and the homes they visited were in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. She idealizes the somewhat confusing layout of streets and highlights the triangular structure of […]
Chris sent us this diagram he drew in 1988 of a toilet paper dispenser. He was working at the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia where one of his tasks involved cleaning the bathroom – so much so it seemed he was the only person who ever changed the toilet paper. Realizing his fellow employees […]
Justin sent this map he drew for the pastor of his wedding to explain the setup for the ceremony. The wedding took place at the boathouse and dock of the Fairmount Rowing Association in Philadelphia.
R. writes, “giving direction to a visitor from Rhode Island, I created this map showing the route from I-95 south to my house, the map scale zooming in as one gets closer. There is some coffee damage to the original map, which makes it a bit more interesting. Although I maintain the map in my […]
This is a map I drew in 2010 while searching for some Philly artists to include in our map exhibition at Arcadia University. I hadn’t lived in the city too long at that point, so I drew maps like these to help me remember the layout of streets – indicating things I knew like the […]
Susan drew this map after getting lost on her way home to Philadelphia over Thanksgiving weekend. She writes, “I stayed with this boy in Brooklyn [who lives at the point marked 88*R]. We had pancakes in the morning, which was really nice. On my way home, I had plans to meet another friend for coffee […]
Justin sent this map he found pasted to a window on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. The instructions direct the map reader to a new pawn shop location through a series of rather commanding arrows.
A detailed map of the Mütter Museum drawn by Old WB. The HDMA highly recommends this medical oddities museum if you ever travel to Philly.