Transit Maps: for sale

Project: 1947 Map of Interstate Highways, Digital Recreation

December 10, 2014

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1947, Adobe Illustrator, digital recreation, for sale, highways, Interstates, map, typography, USA

Having found and digitally restored the fantastic 1926 map of the U.S. Highway system, I started to look around to see if I could find a similar map from the advent of the newer Interstate Highway network. However, all my usual sources came up with either nothing or only low resolution scans -- certainly nothing suitable for reproduction. So, what's a map-obsessed graphic designer to do in this situation? Why, redraw the whole thing faithfully from scratch in Adobe Illustrator, of course!

Project: European E-Road System as a Subway Diagram

October 31, 2010

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Adobe Illustrator, Cameron Booth, diagram, E-Road, Europe, for sale, highways, map, transit map

Interstate System? Europe laughs at your petty Interstate System, America. In 1975, the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Economic Commission for Europe ratified a document outlining international traffic arteries through Europe and beyond. Commonly known as E-Roads, these highways criss-cross Europe in much the same way that the Interstate system does the United States, but with even more roads and even longer routes. However, this system is overlaid on the top of national highways with varying […]