Artist Mark Webber's typographic city maps are nothing short of masterful pieces of art.
His patience is astounding, as each map takes months to complete. Webber first has to research the city until he knows every nook and cranny of the metropolis. Then he slowly carves every road name, street, building and district of the city backwards. Webber uses a lino cut so everything has to first be carved backwards so that when the carving is printed onto paper it reads from left to right. It's not surprising that Webber takes several months to create a single map.
After all of his hard work, Webber prints the lino cut onto huge pieces of paper, creating supersized typographic city maps. They're the perfect work of art for a new home or even just to get city savvy before travelling. Either way, they're a new way of looking at an urban landscape; not just as a city, but as a living piece of art.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Typographic City Maps
- Opportunity to create unique and personalized city maps using typography as a design element.
- Intricate Artwork
- Opportunity to explore highly detailed and time-intensive artistic techniques in various mediums.
- Urban Landscape Art
- Opportunity for artists to reshape urban landscapes into captivating pieces of art using different mediums.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Art and Design
- Opportunity for artists, designers, and creatives to explore unconventional mapping techniques and create urban-inspired artwork.
- Home Decor
- Opportunity for the home decor industry to offer unique and visually appealing typographic city maps as wall art.
- Travel and Tourism
- Opportunity for the travel and tourism industry to provide tourists with artistic and informative typographic city maps as souvenirs.
