{"id":134556,"date":"2015-09-07T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=134556"},"modified":"2015-11-12T15:16:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T20:16:58","slug":"london-map-insanely-detailed-artist-spent-10-years-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/london-map-insanely-detailed-artist-spent-10-years-drawing","title":{"rendered":"This map of London is so insanely detailed that an artist spent 10 years drawing it"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/london-town-fuller.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[134556]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134557 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/london-town-fuller.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"788\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fullermaps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Gareth Wood<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Most maps today are the result of a cold, hard, scientific approach. Based off satellite data, they\u2019ll tell you exactly how far it is from one place to the next, the most direct route there, where a certain city is in relation to another, that sort of thing.<\/p>\n<p>But there is much they don\u2019t tell you \u2014 like what it all means on a more human level.<\/p>\n<p>Well, one artist is changing that. Gareth Wood, who also goes by the pseudonym Fuller, has taken cartography and somehow made it personal again, even in the age of Google Streetview and GPS.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Wood\u2019s most impressive effort so far is the London Town map, completed this year after he put a decade of arduous work into it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a meticulously drawn, cryptic code, mirroring the city and its unmistakable vibe,\u201d reads the text on Wood\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fullermaps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Fuller Maps site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/battersea-london-town-fuller.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[134556]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-134560 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/battersea-london-town-fuller.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fullermaps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Gareth Wood<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Produced in black ink on archival mount board, the map measures 91cm by 116cm. It depicts a River Thames snaking through a chaotic landscape that\u2019s sure to appeal to your inner anglophile. An inflatable pig sails overtop Battersea Power Station, a reference to the album artwork for British psychedelic rockers Pink Floyd&#8217;s album Animals, and somewhere, under the cover of intricate lines, Jack the Ripper hides in plain sight.<\/p>\n<p>Free from the limitations of scale and accuracy, Wood is free to draw the city as he sees it. It\u2019s a beautiful, quirky piece of cartography: just don\u2019t plan your next trip around the UK\u2019s capital using it, unless you want to get lost.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that\u2019s the point.<\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that&#8217;s 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