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Face Of The Earth

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Cambridge700ed-fairburn-map-art-western-fronted-fairburn-3-windermereed-fairburn-map-art-1 ed-fairburn-map-art-2PARIS_7001Cardiff-based illustrator Ed Fairburn extrapolates portraits of human faces ‘hidden’ in  the topographical features of various maps of the world.

(Above: Ink on a vintage street map of Cambridge, reproduced military maps of the Western Front (World War II); Lake Windermere; an original Michelin map of France (2 pix) and a vintage street map of Paris.)

He also sells them as prints.

boingboing/neatorama

That Irish-American Diaspora In Full

Diaspora

Sarah Kliff, from the Washington Post’s Wonkblog, writes:

“According to the Census, there are 34.5 million Americans who list their heritage as either primarily or partially Irish. That number is, incidentally, seven times larger than the population of Ireland itself (4.68 million). Irish is the second-most common ancestry among Americans, falling just behind German.”

…

“There is exactly one neighborhood in the entire country that has a majority-Irish population, according to the data Kolko looked at: Breezy Point in Queens. There, 54.3 percent of the population claims Irish ancestry.”

Read more here.

Previously: Meanwhile, In Breezy Point 

Thanks Edward Gash

The Greatest City In The World

Nice.

A street map made up of over 900 film titles.

The Map, which is loosely based on the style of a vintage Los Angeles street map has its own Hollywood Boulevard and includes districts dedicated to Hitchcock and Cult British Horror movies. Like most cities it also has its own Red Light area. There’s an A-Z key at the base of the Map listing all the films featured with their release dates and names of the directors.

 

Yours for £25 from Dorothy.

Thanks Spaghetti Hoop

Story Bud?

Storymap is a Google Map of Dublin dotted with little speech bubbles, each of which links to a location-specific mini-film: personal reminiscences, local history and random snippets of Dublinia.

Above: the entry for Dame Lane wherein cartoonist Tom Mathews gives his take on the Universal Hair Studio’s Why Go Bald? sign.

Huge potential, well worth an extended browse and you can submit your own story here.

(Hat tip: Sean Doyle)