{"id":1786936,"date":"2019-01-07T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T20:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786936"},"modified":"2019-01-08T08:13:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T13:13:32","slug":"barely-maps-peter-gormans-minimalist-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/barely-maps-peter-gormans-minimalist-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Barely Maps: Peter Gorman’s Minimalist Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With Barely Maps<\/a>, Peter Gorman has reduced maps to their most minimalist, and their most cryptic: a grid of abstract shapes that represent the geometries of states, neighbourhoods, subway stops or intersections. Gorman started desigining them a few years ago as a side-gig, he writes. “Then, last year, my print ‘Intersections of Seattle’ went viral, and I decided to make the map-based art prints a full-time thing. Now, as I get close to 100 original maps, my next project is to compile a book of my designs, along with the stories that inspired them.” The maps are available for sale on Etsy<\/a>; the book<\/a>, he hopes, will be available by the end of 2019. [Kottke<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Barely Maps, Peter Gorman has reduced maps to their most minimalist, and their most cryptic: a grid of abstract shapes that represent the geometries of states, neighbourhoods, subway stops or intersections. Gorman started desigining… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[54,556,105],"class_list":["post-1786936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","tag-cities","tag-etsy","tag-posters","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787678,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/kickstarter-for-the-book-version-of-barely-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786936,"position":0},"title":"Kickstarter for the Book Version of Barely Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 August 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Earlier this year I told you about Barely Maps, the minimalist map project undertaken by Peter Gorman, who in a series of posters reduced maps to their most cryptic and abstract state. He\u2019s been selling prints on Etsy, but now Peter has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the next phase\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/barely-intersections-seattle-118x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/barely-intersections-seattle-118x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/barely-intersections-seattle-118x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/barely-intersections-seattle-118x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3028,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/10\/parnasiums-fantasy-maps-of-real-world-places\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786936,"position":1},"title":"Parnasium’s Fantasy Maps of Real-World Places","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"11 October 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"I've written before about\u00a0maps of\u00a0the real world done in the style of fantasy maps; they're a key piece of evidence for my argument that fantasy maps have a distinct (and limited) style. Enough of these\u00a0fantasy maps of reality are being done that it's clearly a thing now. The latest examples\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"parnasium-europe","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/parnasium-europe-1024x614.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/parnasium-europe-1024x614.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/parnasium-europe-1024x614.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/parnasium-europe-1024x614.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1791372,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/07\/cross-stitched-earth-science-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786936,"position":2},"title":"Cross-stitched Earth Science Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 July 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"\ufeff Kara Prior cross-stitches earth science maps; her work includes a series of state bedrock geology maps (see also Reddit) and a bathymetry map of the Great Lakes (above), among other things. She has\u00a0an Etsy store.","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1791235,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/06\/apple-maps-updates-announced-at-wwdc\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786936,"position":3},"title":"Apple Maps Updates Announced at WWDC","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"9 June 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0TD96VTf0Xs&t=1787s Upgrades to Apple Maps were announced on Monday at Apple\u2019s Worldwide Developers Conference: see coverage from AppleInsider, Engadget and TechCrunch, as well as the video of the keynote itself (the Maps section starts at 29:47). The changes will be coming to iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mobile"","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Apple Maps on an iPhone","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iphone-ios15-maps-150x300.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5940,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2014\/10\/fantasy-maps-of-us-cities\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786936,"position":4},"title":"Fantasy Maps of U.S. Cities","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 October 2014","format":"link","excerpt":"For another example of using fantasy map design language to create real-world maps, here's the work of geography professor Stentor Danielson, who draws maps of U.S. cities in the style of fantasy maps and sells them on Etsy. Boston, Cleveland (above), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington are available. His Tumblr. 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