I’ve long loved this cartoon from Toothpaste for Dinner – so true, right?
Happy travels this weekend!
ROAM IS WHERE THE HEART IS
that point on the map where travel and design intersect
Images
On the topic of maps
I’ve been seriously intrigued by Maptia for the past couple of months. Launching in the next couple of months, Maptia’s goal is to be a beautiful, interactive map that users can be inspired by and record their own adventures. Fingers crossed that it’s up and running in time for my upcoming Vietnam adventure…
For more detail: http://blog.maptia.com/about/
Get out the map
When I finished grad school, I knew that I wanted to travel before starting a full time job. After convincing my parents that it was the right thing for me to do (they wanted me to start my career right away; I made a PowerPoint presentation to convince them otherwise), off to Europe I went.
Though portions of my trip were solo, I did meet up with a friend in Berlin. It turned out to be one of my favourite cities that I’ve ever visited, and one I hope to return to.
I loved this map of Berlin by French designer Armelle Caron the moment I saw it. The left shows the true layout, and the right a linear alignment of the city.
Brown bag it
I was in NYC for work last weekend, but of course managed to find a couple of hours to head to the shops. A friend took me to a clothing store in the Meat Packing District called OWEN NYC – it had the most innovative decor I’ve ever seen: the walls were completely covered in brown paper bags. People’s creativity never ceases to amaze me!
Daily inspiration
South East Asia is next on my travel list, so these awesome map coasters from fellow Canadian Jonathon Wayne Design might soon act as a daily reminder. He does coasters with maps from a ton of places, so check them out if you’re looking for a bit of inspiration with your coffee too.
DIY: City Frames
A Brazilian friend I met backpacking in Australia posted this on FB yesterday and I absolutely fell in love. I think rather than adding in the travel memorabilia like they’ve done here, I’m just going to create the city and country names out of images and find some great vintage frames. All I need to do now is figure out which cities I’m going to feature…
Mathematics
Graffiti or art? Taken in Riga, Latvia when I was exploring my father’s hometown, this was one of the first times I really stopped to think about this. Who painted this confusing equation on the wall? What does it mean to them?
Good plan
I can’t remember where I found this, but I’ve had it saved on my desktop for a few months now and keep peeking at it when I’m feeling particularly wanderlusty.
Could really use this right about now…
I’ve been back from Europe for about 4 days now (more detailed post with pics to come!) but am still feeling the jet lag. This could come in super handy. Where can I find one?!
ROAM IS WHERE THE HEART IS 