Mapping Cities
These City Neighbourhood posters by Jenny Beorkrem are lovely. I love the use of simple colour and singular type, relying on type size to create distinction and shape.
Chicago and Manhattan, by Ork Posters!
I love the San Francisco poster the most, even though I’ve never been there but hopefully will in the near future. (via i love typography)
Instead I settled for something that I’ve had my eye on for a long time:
Get Lost by Douglas Wilson, at the Keep Calm Gallery. (images from Keep Calm Gallery)
Matthew and I are fond of maps. We bought one in Bangkok that helped greatly with transport; it had circled locations and scribbles by people we’d met along the way. Adamant that I’d forgotten to bring it back to Sydney, Matthew insisted on a framed map for our place. I happened to be browsing the Keep Calm Gallery one day and decided to get the Get Lost poster instead of Rarely (which I still love and want to own very soon).
The Get Lost posters are hand letterpressed by Douglas Wilson onto old maps of the UK. The idea of combining a map and letterpress thrills me to the very bone.
It Helps If One Stops Staring At The H Word
Panadol™ didn’t help. But a lie-down and a brief nap, followed by very light footsteps (to avoid jolting the head), a long warm hug and a very pleasant magazine reading session did.
Yes But I Love It
Oh Sydney, I truly detested your dirty ways today. Pollution, cigarette smoke, inconsiderate people, nasty traffic, you had it all. During my mad dash from the corner of Woolworths to Queen Victoria Building, then to David Jones and onward to St James station, you seemed so lofty in your towering skyscrapers that contrasted with the dreams and hopes of your people strolling aimlessly below. I shouldn’t say “your people”, because honestly you are made up of mostly your people, and partly their people. I know I belong in the latter, but it doesn’t stop me from embracing your way of life and trying to adapt as best as I can.
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