I adore these map-print buttons from Elizabeth Estes’ Etsy shop Buttons and Badges. I’m not entirely sure what to do with them, but I know I want every last one.
(image via Elizabeth Estes)
Category: Cartography
DESTINATION DESIGN: ROTATING GLASS GLOBE DECANTER
This etched glass globe decanter is just awesome. Drink your wines (or ports, cognacs, etc.) of the world from a globe? Yes, please! The best part, you can aerate your liquor of choice by spinning the globe.
(images via Drool’d)
Maps Mad of Iconic Foods from Various Countries and Continents
Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves have created an incredible series of Food Maps mixing photography, art and travel in the best possible way. Inspired by their passion for exploring new places through food, the two create maps featuring iconic foods representative of the countries and continents their recreate in their series.
Via Design You Trust
Atlas of radical cartography
Atlas Obscure
(By Wokman)
COLLECTION OF VINTAGE ROAD MAPS
Vintage Road Maps is an extensive collection of 1,317 photos of…you guessed it, vintage road maps. More than that, it’s is an ode to the less-present road map that was sold in gas stations and stored in glove compartments in the days of yore.
(images via Vintage Road Maps)
MAPPING THE WORLD: JENNIFER MARAVILLAS
Hey girl, can we be friends? That’s what I’d say to San Francisco and Brooklyn-based artist Jennifer Maravillas if I ever met her in real life. According to her online bio, she’s mapping the world. Truth be told, I wish the world looked more like her maps…bursting with color and pattern.
(found via Design Work Life / images via Jennifer Maravillas)
Double Takes: Jorma’s Pinned Map: Sit and Read
I was completely in awe when I saw this vintage National Geographic Magazine map. The folks over at Sit and Read picked up this gem at an estate sale. The map belonged to Jorma Hyypia and chronicled his travels around the United States between 1947-1968 with color-coded pins. The man’s travels are surely inspirational.
(found via unruly.things / images via sit and read)
Double Takes: Globe Snowmen: Emily Henderson
So many great map inspired items in Emily Henderson’s HGTV holiday special. HGTV isn’t aired here in Korea, but I stumbled on Henderson’s blog post detailing the program. She gives a brief tutorial for these fabulous globe snowmen. We still don’t have snow here in Seoul, but these little guys make me sort of ok with that.
(found via Black*Eiffel / Photos via Emily Henderson)
Double Takes: Unofficial Pop-Culture Map of NYC: I Screen You Screen
Kyle and Courtney Harmon have a great thing going with their Etsy shop I Screen You Screen. My favorite piece is their
Unofficial Pop-Culture Map of New York City. This comprehensive guide to the city’s most famous real and fictional sights includes locations like Central Perk from Friends and the Ninja Turtles Headquarters.
(Photos via I Screen You Screen)