Author: ddavid

May 25, 2017 / TRY THIS!
May 24, 2017 / DISCOVERY

While looking for a good map of Amsterdam, I saw a book called The Soft Atlas of Amsterdam. It’s a collection of line drawings and text; all in some way…

May 13, 2017 / FOUND

Maps truly are everywhere – but I didn’t expect to see one in the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. The entire experience of her story and actually being in the…

Apr 10, 2017 / FOUND

We are all familiar with Helvetica Man. He was designed in the mid 1970s as part of a system of “international” icons, in a collaborative project with the AIGA and…

Apr 7, 2017 / DISCOVERY

When I walked in the main entrance to the The National Library of Scotland, in the vaulted ceiling above, various globes dangled high above and I spied a large map…

Apr 1, 2017 / MAKING THINGS

I started it last June. It is the first major creative project of my sabbatical, and a leap of faith. I rolled it up in a tube and put it…

Mar 24, 2017 / MAKING THINGS

I like to experiment with software to try to push the boundaries of what I can make within the limits of the tool. It’s good to work with systems outside…

Feb 27, 2017 / FOUND

In my travels I often run across sculptural cast metal maps. I find these maps fascinating. They give a bird’s eye view of where you are, revealing the immediate area…

Feb 13, 2017 / MAKING THINGS

Map Detective – Burgess Park, South London was the final project for the online course I took, Maps and the Geospatial Revolution. The course was primarily about working with data…

Feb 7, 2017 / MAKING THINGS

…but near things are more related than distant things.” – that’s Tobler’s First Law of Geography. I just ticked another box on my sabbatical proposal by completing an online course,…