The Art of Cartographics: Designing the Modern Map

by Jasmine Desclaux-Salachas (Preface)

The map this stunning volume gathers the most beautiful, inspirational, and creatively designed maps from around the world.
 
Showcasing hand-drawn, painted, digital, 3D-sculpted, and folded maps, this unique collection celebrates the modern map, in all imaginable forms. The Art of Cartography invites readers on a journey across the globe—and beyond—through geographical maps, fictional maps, and innovative cultural, economic, and political maps. Charting themes that range from power, gentrification, and literature to animals, plants and food, they offer a slice of social history that is as striking as it is fascinating.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art, Design, Cartography, Maps

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2015

Reviews

[Hannah (auri.winter) · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing book. It is lovely to see, what is possible with maps. Some maps are more for art, then for navigation, but beautiful nevertheless.
Minus half a star for trying to show interactive maps. It is a nice idea but it is really difficult to show on a 2D piece of paper.

[Maciek Białous · Rating 4 out of 5]

O rety, jak ja lubię mapy!

[Liam Arne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating collection of maps!

[Shallowreader VaVeros · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous.

[Lucinda Parfett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! Very informative.

[Audrey Sauble · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a rather fascinating coffee-table book, easy to browse through, with a range of styles, locations, and cartographic concepts.

[Kumar Shaiwal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Impressive. Variety of maps. Good for cartographers. It is more of pleasurable read than gaining knowledge