The artist Katherine Baxter, who specialises in hand-drawn isometric generalised maps, particular of cities, has a solo exhibition “Mapmaker”, at the Coninsgby Gallery in Tottenham
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The Character of a Coffee House
This attractive hand-drawn map, by Adam Dant, is of the coffee houses of the City of London in the 1700s. Adam uses the gradual separation
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Canalology
Canalology is a short “festival of contemporary art of the hidden arteries of our city” which is organised by POST and takes place on Saturday
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City of Westminster – A Hand-Drawn Map Print
City of Westminster is the first in a series of hand-made maps of London Boroughs that Lovely Jojo has drawn. The black-and-white, text-heavy style, full
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London from Space?
At first glance, this looks like a photo of London at night, maybe from the International Space Station (ISS) or another satellite. Creator Marc Khachfe
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Anglo-Saxon London
Earlier this week I did a “map swap” with Matt Brown, editor of Londonist, the popular London website. This lovely hand-drawn map, created by Matt
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Journey to the Heart of East London
We are big fans of maps based on a circle and of Adam Dant’s work so this map, which combines the two, is a real
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Maps of Shoreditch Past & Future by Adam Dant
Today, Mapping London brings you not one, but eight maps from prolific cartographer/artist Adam Dant, via the excellent hyper-local blog Spitalfields Life. Firstly, Stories of
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The Bastion of Liberty
This decorative map was published in or around 1946, as a commemorative keepsake for a weary city and a population that had just been through
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Wonderground Map
Above is a small part of the “Wonderground Map of London Town” – MacDonald Gill created this fantastic decorative map, which was commissioned to provide
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Carte Blanc
Here’s a lovely hand-drawn map of central London with a linguistic twist. It has been commissioned by the Brasserie Blanc restaurant group to celebrate Trafalgar
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The London Thames
The London Thames is a new poster – a small extract is shown here – created by David Fathers, which features illustrations of the 16
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