What is it about?
Design strategies based on observational drawing, as the prime Designer's tool for the representation of each place with unusual results.
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Why is it important?
This strategies are suitable for map designers to emphasize the cultural identity and diversity of each place.
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The rapid evolution of the technologies that map and represent the territory automatically and in real time, is leaving Design out of this process of wayfinding. This article presents a response from the design side, which adds value to maps, beyond wayfinding capabilities, the designer's existential patrimony.
José Cardoso
Universidade de Aveiro
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This page is a summary of: Maps ‘Tailor Made’ to the Body of Places: Design Strategies Against the Indifference of Representation, The Design Journal, January 2019, Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2019.1560719.
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