Thursday, August 25, 2011

PARIS 48˚49N 2˚29E

As I am always fascinated by maps and a person's connection to a city, I am in love with concept of this book by Ami Sioux. Ami asked 50 inhabitants of Paris to hand-draw a map to a location of their choosing in the city. Some place that was significant to them. She then used their map to navigate to each place and took a photograph to represent each location. It is the second in a series of books that are meant to "portray a side of each city as interpreted by those who live and work in it every day. It's not a 'guide' to the new café or club, but rather, a unique way of discovering different parts of the city."

I love this beautiful concept paired with the simple side-by-side layout of map and photograph. My favourite is ultra-simple map of Île de la Cité and Île Saint-Louis with the ice cream cone for Berthillon.

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Posted by Marisa Seguin at 10:00 AM
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3 comments:

  1. JaceyAugust 25, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    I love this concept! The ice cream map makes me laugh.

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  2. MireilleAugust 25, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    http://www.amazon.ca/Maphead-Charting-Weird-World-Geography/dp/1439167176

    have you seen this? I already have a hold on it from the library for when it comes out!

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  3. MarielAugust 25, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    What a cool idea! Each map is so different!

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