i had such fun with this class, ira! thank you!

i well & truly fell into the rabbit hole of maps on the internet but it was so interesting!

here are some of my inspirations:

 

Illustration by Stanley Smith from 'The Gilbert Harding Question Book' devised by W. H. Mason, published 1956

 

by Ludwig Sander

Ortiz Berrocal Illustration - Poster for Spanish Tourist Office. From Graphis Annual 64/65

 

Martti A. Mykkänen Illustration - Tourism poster for the Finnish town of Turku. From Graphis Annual 66/67

 

from the brave little tailor by bernice myers

 

from the fabulous firework family by incredibly talented jim flora

crazy colourful maps by arlin ortiz http://arlinortiz.tumblr.com

 

lovely simple book cover designs by dick bruna for his fathers publishing company de zwarte beertjes

Map hankies by Tammis Keefe

Not sure who this is by but lovely linework. I was going to use line work but decided to delete it and have a simpler design. (image found on flickr)

Medieval Cities, Cover by Antonio Frasconi

 

Which led me to these:

"A Journey". German c. 1467 Egerton

'Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem' [1487] (Description of a journey from Konstanz* to Jerusalem] records in diary form the pilgrimage undertaken by the German knight (as well as town mayor and architect), Konrad von Grünenberg

from - http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/10/konstanz-to-jerusalem.html

which HEAVILY inpired my map!

 

I also came upon some maps which made me smile & thought I’d share these :)

(book)

 

plastic = bad! but what a cool map!

i can't wait for winter!