december 2009 archives

Monday, December 14, 2009

Advanced mappery

Tonight, I will attend the discussion Advanced Mappery, hosted by De Balie in Amsterdam. The discussion will be among Michiel de Lange, Henk van Houtum, and Ferjan Ormeling, who taught me in cartography. Together with representatives of Bliin and InformationLab, Webmapper will be in the audience and show some new applications of cartography.

The discussion tonight marks the launch of the New World Map tomorrow in The Hague. Graphic designer Herman van Bostelen has taken on the task to create a world map that takes into account the many disputed territories and their naming. Won't be in The Hague myself, but I bet it's going to be an interesting event too. See you tonight, anyway?  permanent link for this entry

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Atlases win Rotterdam Design Prize 2009

The prestigious Rotterdam Design Prize 2009 was awarded this year to graphic designer Joost Grootens for his set of four atlases:

[...] Grootens's atlases are indicative of the moment, representing an extraordinary redesign of the atlas typology. The atlases made clear the relationship between geography and politics, representing complex data by graphic variables and symbols rather than by text.

It's not often that a Dutch atlas makes it into the New York Times!  permanent link for this entry