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Infographic maps have been doing the rounds lately but these are my favourites at the moment.
Mapologies uses maps to look at quirky data such as foreign language nouns, “an etymology map with a handful of words”, and a map of map words.
For this cartoons set, you can find the names of:
The name Carte Montréal Béton just sounds great on its own. It is, of course, the French name for Concrete Montreal Map, the latest brutalist map from Blue Crow Media.
It’s said that Montreal became a canvas for concrete architecture during the early 20th century, with a peak during Expo 67 which the below Habitat 67 was built for. Designed by Moshe Safdie, it’s a brutalist landmark and one of Canada’s most famous pieces of modern architecture.
The company have already made maps for major cities such as London, Boston, New York, and Paris. Montreal has an abundance of brutalist buildings and photographer Raphaël Thibodeau brings all 56 of them to life in monochrome.
Australian brutalist fans can rejoice as Concrete Melbourne Map is out later this summer.
(via Wallpaper)
Blue Crow Media are publishers in London who started out making a series of food and drink city guides, before branching out to architectural maps. Their Brutalist maps are now all the rage, covering world cities such as Boston, New York, Paris, and Berlin.
I adore these maps and I hope to get the London map soon. My last few trips to London on the Underground have involved me traipsing through the city looking for as many brutalist buildings as my legs would allow. This map is essential.
A journalist by the name of Josh Jones created an interactive map tracing every “quantum leap” Sam Beckett made on the show. Each location is marked with the episode number and description.
Of the 93 leaps in 5 series, most of them occurred on his home turf. A few happened in Europe, one in Africa (Egypt) and another in Asia (Japan). Continents he never visited include Central and South America, and Australia. Could Sam find himself searching the ruins of Machu Picchu or navigating Australia during colonial times in the movie? We’ll leave the ideas to Donald Bellisario.
(via Gizmodo)