Friday, 6 February 2009

Strangemaps, Maps, Book Maps, Mapping on a bit am I not?


I found this great interpretation of my worse vice: smoking, and how our "cousins" from over the sea managed to monopolise a harbinger of death, the idea was so simple, but probably cost them alot less than i t would for us, I mean to start with there is at least 100 Fags there, which would total well over 35-40 pounds. Besides that, i like the type, it matches that of the evil brand Marlboro. Also a load of great map design on this guys blog on StrangeMaps.
Great use of sans serif, the "informant" typeface, the utilisation of superimposed imagery makes this book something special, and unique, despite someone most probably has done this typeface before, it still holds the readers attention. After cruising on some of Wired 's back catalogue, I found this book which book has 175 items highlighting 3,500 years of cartographic progress, Wired gave it 5/5, but then again, who does'nt like maps? Second thoughts, better not answer that one.

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