maps are beautiful, their delicate shading and life-like depiction of groundcover elevated to an artform. Just as bound books trump e-readers across many emotional and aesthetic categories, the tactile nature of maps – from the vellum of medieval mappae mundi to the rolled estate surveys of large stately homes to the weatherproof coatings of OSs active maps – evoke an immediate sensual response that far surpasses reactions to their digital equivalents.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:23:26 +0000