Concept: New York City and Long Island map wall
Render: 8'x22' illuminated map across 46 LED panels. The map is a composite of 1970s-era U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps of New York City and Long Island, all derived from traced aerial photos. Map by Evan Applegate, render by Trent Wiker.
Physical Map of the World, 2022
36x60” illuminated print. Map by Evan Applegate using Natural Earth data and Tom Patterson labels.
The Hudson River Valley, 1960s
48x72” illuminated print. Maps by the U.S. Geological Survey
The Americas, 2022
48x72” illuminated print across nine LED panels, installed in a Manhattan office. Map by Evan Applegate using Tom Patterson labels.
Brooklyn and Queens, 1977
18x24” illuminated print. Maps by the U.S. Geological Survey.
The letterers, airbrushers, hachurists and drafters who made the best maps are dead or retired. But their techniques can live again: with fastidious work and artists who care, the future can have beautiful maps.
The best maps lie ahead.
New York City, 1977
24x34” illuminated print. Maps by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Lake Tahoe Bathymetry, 2020
9x12x2” illuminated print. Maps by the U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe bathymetry by Evan Applegate.
Los Angeles Vegetation,
2018
12x16” illuminated print. Map by Evan Applegate, illustrations by Ezra Butt.
Trees of the Tongass National Forest,
2018
16x20” illuminated print. Map by Evan Applegate, hand-lettered by Ezra Butt, illustrations by Matt Strieby and Aiyana Udesen.
Plan de Paris, 1739
48x72” illuminated print. Map by Michel-Etienne Turgot, Louis Bretez, Claude Lucas.
The City of New York, 1883
16x20” illuminated print. Map by Parsons & Atwater.
Tahoe’s Forests, 2020
48x72” illuminated print. Maps by the U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe bathymetry by Evan Applegate.
Concept: New York Map Wall
A render of an 8'x22' illuminated map across 46 LED panels. The map is composed of 1970s-era U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps of New York City and Long Island, all derived from aerial photos. Map by Evan Applegate, render by Trent Wiker.
The Americas, 2022
48x72” illuminated print across nine LED panels, installed in a Manhattan office. Map by Evan Applegate using Tom Patterson labels.
The Hudson River Valley, 1960s
48x72” illuminated print. Maps by the U.S. Geological Survey
Lake Tahoe Bathymetry
9x12x2” illuminated print. Maps by the U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe bathymetry by Evan Applegate.
Manhattan, 1977
9x12” illuminated print. Maps by the U.S. Geological Survey.
New York City, 1977
24x34” illuminated print. Maps by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Tahoe’s Forests, 2020
48x72” illuminated print. Maps by the U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe bathymetry by Evan Applegate.
Los Angeles Vegetation,
2018
12x16” illuminated print. Map by Evan Applegate, illustrations by Ezra Butt.
Trees of the Tongass National Forest,
2018
16x20” illuminated print. Map by Evan Applegate, hand-lettered by Ezra Butt, illustrations by Matt Strieby and Aiyana Udesen.
The best maps lie ahead.
The letterers, airbrushers, hachurists and drafters who made the best maps are dead or retired. But their techniques can live again: with fastidious work and artists who care, the future can have beautiful maps.
