Jean drew this map on the envelope that delivered it, tracing the route she imagined it was about to travel. Interstate 80 runs the full width of the paper, picking up labels for states along the way, with a small skyline and a few lake ripples standing in for Chicago. At the eastern end, the […]
Shortly after moving to London, Viviane purchased an A-Z Atlas, the most popular way to navigate the complex city prior to the smartphone. Even with the atlas, she kept getting lost. To help, her friend drew this map indicating, in general terms, the location of her flat, and where she could find food. The friend […]
Patricia sent us a collection of maps drawn by students from different parts of the world. Of particular interest here is how each student formats the world based on their individual perspective. Patricia writes, “students from North America drew ‘western’ maps, where North and South America appear on the left of the world, while Europe […]
Sabine’s map combines memories of her childhood growing up in Germany with glimpses of her current life in Arkansas. She uses the street layout of her German neighborhood to create a visual structure. She then fills the blocks with text derived from the free association of childhood memories and her contemporary daily routine.
Scott, a mechanical engineer turned artist drew this detailed map using a homemade alidade and plane table (a set of 19th-century surveying tools used to sight and draw the angle of distant objects). The sketch reveals Scott’s process, recording its own construction. From a series of eight stations (A-H) pencil lines fan outward, one for […]