Very Expensive Maps

Mike Hall: “I keep returning to that mid-twentieth-century style.”

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British illustrator and cartographer Mike Hall talks early mapping projects of his native Harlow, his favorite map aesthetic, the relaxing practice of coastline-tracing and how he will place 1,500 labels but will not make a “Where's Wally?” map. See his work at thisismikehall.com

  • An early hit: his walking map of Brockley, London
  • Kew Gardens and Wakehurst maps
  • Map of Europe (with a hand-traced coastline!)
  • Rail map of England
  • Eduard: give it a DEM, get a swiss-style "manual" shaded relief

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