{"id":1787678,"date":"2019-08-29T12:40:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787678"},"modified":"2019-08-29T12:40:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:40:46","slug":"kickstarter-for-the-book-version-of-barely-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/kickstarter-for-the-book-version-of-barely-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarter for the Book Version of Barely Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this year<\/a> I told you about Barely Maps<\/a>, 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<\/a>, but now Peter has launched a Kickstarter campaign<\/a> for the next phase of his project: a book that collects 100 of his minimalist maps, along with the stories behind their creation.<\/p>\n

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Peter sent me a proof copy of the book. The cover is as minimalist as you might expect from such a project. The maps are familiar if you\u2019ve been following the Barely Maps project: here they take up an entire right-hand page, with a brief description on the facing page.<\/p>\n

Peter is using offset printing to produce this book, which requires a 250-copy minimum print run. Supporting the Kickstarter<\/a> starts at $39, which gets you one copy of the book and free U.S. shipping. Higher tiers add map prints to the cart. As I write this post, the Kickstarter is about 88 percent of the way to its $10,000 goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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