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Bogus Frank Lloyd Wright Map

Tim Wallace — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:45:51 +0000

In honor of NACIS 2011 in Madison: A Bogus Art Map of the Lower 48 states inspired by the style of Wisconsin native Frank Lloyd Wright. It turns out Wright was involved in the design of a number of wallpaper patterns, as seen in Schumacher’s Taliesin Line of Decorative Fabrics and Wallpaper. Yikes.

Bogus Jannis Kounellis Map

Tim Wallace — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:34:56 +0000

A Bogus Art Map of the Lower 48 states inspired by the style of Jannis Kounellis.

Bogus François Morellet Map

Tim Wallace — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:50:42 +0000

A Bogus Art Map of the Lower 48 states inspired by the style of François Morellet. I have to admit that I’ve been daydreaming a bit lately about Paris in July (yep, ICC 2011). One of yesterday’s daydreams landed me on the Centre Pompidou website, where I discovered that there will be a François Morellet exhibit ending on July 4. I guess that settles it. First item on my Paris to-do list: Centre Pompidou.

cards & mugs.

Bogus Banksy Map

Tim Wallace — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:00:13 +0000

A Bogus Art Map of the Lower 48 states inspired by the style of Banksy.

People Watch TV Where They Live

Tim Wallace — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:16:42 +0000

Ok. Let me get this out of the way up front. This map does NOT reveal any shocking spatial trend. We don’t look at it and think, “Oh, wow! I never would have expected there to be more TV stations in major cities!”… er, unless we have some seriously sarcastic thoughts. Loads of maps get tossed around the web these days showing some kind of single phenomenon on a national scale (McDonald’s or Roads, for example). These can generally be considered population density maps by proxy. The symbol used to represent the population density is what has changed. Where are people closest to McDonald’s franchises? This happens where people live in the greatest numbers. Where are most of the roads in the United States? Why, that happens where people live in the greatest numbers too! Please don’t get me wrong though. These maps can be beautiful. Ben Fry’s “All Streets” is breathtaking. I just don’t want anyone saying “duh” when I’m not trying to reveal any kind of spatial trend.

That said… look at this! This map shows all TV station broadcast areas in the contiguous United States as of August, 2010. The data come from the FCC. Broadcast areas are semi-transparent and of the same hue. Darker areas show locations and regions with many over-lapping signals. Lighter areas therefore reveal locations and regions with little or no TV reception. It’s just a graphic. There’s no analysis. But it’s still decently interesting to peruse.

Where do people watch TV? Where they live. Duh.

Bogus Cy Twombly Map

Tim Wallace — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:04:52 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la Cy Twombly.

On a card.

Bogus Jackson Pollock Map

Tim Wallace — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:51:28 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la Jackson Pollock.

On a card or poster.

Bogus Hans Hofmann Map

Tim Wallace — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:16:15 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la Hans Hofmann.

Bogus Eva Hesse Map

Tim Wallace — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:34:42 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la Eva Hesse.

Bogus Picasso Map

Tim Wallace — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:10:31 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states in the style of a Picasso light drawing.

Bogus Robert Swain Map

Tim Wallace — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:03:51 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la Robert Swain.

Bogus Barnett Newman Map

Tim Wallace — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:12:17 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la Barnett Newman.

Bogus David Hockney Map

Tim Wallace — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:22:14 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la David Hockney.

Bogus Bruce Nauman Map

Tim Wallace — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:25:10 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la Bruce Nauman.

Bogus Franz Kline Map

Tim Wallace — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:59:12 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la Franz Kline.

Bogus Dick Bruna Map

Tim Wallace — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:34:12 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la Dick Bruna (of Nijntje fame).

Bogus Ellsworth Kelly Map

Tim Wallace — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:47:56 +0000

A map of the Lower 48 states à la Ellsworth Kelly.

Bogus Christo Map

Tim Wallace — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:51:27 +0000

An empaquetage map of the Lower 48 states à la Christo.

Bogus Art Maps

Tim Wallace — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:15:39 +0000

I’ve been doing an awful lot of trudging through code lately. And that’s alright, I guess. But I realized the other day that I’m quickly feeling out of touch with tangible design tools. So, in an effort to get back into static map design, I’ve decided to attempt to design a series of bogus art maps (of the lower 48) until I run out of artists, time or interest. Essential to this effort is that I do not get carried away making them perfect emulations of style. So don’t get your hopes up that I will actually fool someone into thinking that Duchamp made a map of the lower 48. Unless… wait, did he? I started to read some tome the other day about Seurat’s color theory… yeah, no. I’m not going to get that detailed. Call them mock maps. Call them nonsense or meaningless. I won’t be bothered; I’ll have to agree.

Day 1: Mondrian

Day 2: Seurat

Day 3: Malevich

Day 4: Rothko

Day 5: Braque

Others.