Maptastic

In this, the era of blind follow-the-GPS-style navigation, what is the future of maps? The colorful, creative, and downright disorienting answer can be found in The Map as Art (Princeton Architectural Press) by Katharine Harmon. The cartographic coffee table book heads into the uncharted territory of "imaginative maps," 360 representations of places created by artists and designers such as Ed Ruscha, Maya Lin, and Vik Muniz out of everything from paint and plywood to skin and souvenir tea towels. Whether you're interested in how we envision political landscapes, represent neighborhoods, or visually manipulate directional information, you can get there from here.