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Future Mapping Company creates directional works of art
London's niche cartographer Marcus Kirby fuses data with design in a brilliant NYC map
In the contemporary age of GPS and smartphones, mapmaking is quickly becoming a craft of the past. But Marcus Kirby, founder of East London's Future Mapping Company, is determined to make us think otherwise with his new representation of New York City, set for release at the end of May. "I felt that the art and craft of mapmaking had become quite formulaic," Kirby says, "I wanted to rejuvenate the craft."