mapping the absurdity of life and imagination (29 March 2016)

from Strange Maps

A website can be very time-intensive, but I'd love to have one where people can contribute to it - like invent islands and make their own flags, and their own laws. I think that'd be kind of fun.

- Eric Idle

Land of Oz, part of Incredible Maps

Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.

mapping Christmas with decoupage

Never do things for money. It's always the things you do for love that turn out to pay the best.

Mayfair by Alicia Merrett found on Art with a Needle

“Tokyo and Mexico Subway Maps” by Kim Tacker, Transit Maps

Strange Maps blog (Big Think)

7 Must-Read Books on Maps (The Atlantic)

53 Funny And Also Educational Maps (The Daily Top)


Soft Maps: Haptic Lab Hand-Stitches City Maps Onto Cozy Quilts (Inhabitat)

Haptic Labs also make Baby Blanket with a Hand-Stitched Map of Your Neighborhood