We just found this really nice Next City’s article that shares the story of Johannes Hevelius (Polland, 1611), astronomy student and creator of the first scientifically accurate maps of the moon. To be able …
A Picnic Journey: San Francisco
San Francisco’s urban landscape is packed with energizing visuals in the form of natural beauty and historic architectural charm. The city’s 49 square miles are eminently walkable and packed with sweeping hills, cozy nooks and …
ILLUSTRATOR: JOANIE HUDSON
Joanie lives in San Francisco and works in sales for a winery based in Santa Barbara. In her spare time she is a freelance printmaker, specializing in linocut block prints. Family trips throughout Europe …
Let’s make 2016 lovely!
Hello 2016! In this first post of the year we share the illustration of one of our illustrators and art directors of Minimaps: Victoria Fernández We also wanted to share a couple of interesting …
Sampa Galleries: São Paulo
[symple_column size=”one-third” position=”first” fade_in=”false”] Like a flâneur, strolling through the streets and squares of the historic center of São Paulo is a trip to the past. Despite the huge amount of people, vendors and workers passing by, …
EDITOR: JULIA REIS
Julia is an Urban Planner and Architecture Designer graduated in São Paulo. Studied in Madrid, Spain for a year, time when she had the chance to travel a lot around Europe. Back to São Paulo, started …
ILLUSTRATOR: MARCOS ARÉVALO
Marcos is a Venezuelan graphic designer based in Spain for more than 12 years. His expertise is mainly in the fields of graphic design and web design, but he finds illustration and sound design as true …
EDITOR: DEVINA AGUS
Based in the Netherlands, Devina is a marketeer and spends her free time doing what she loves the most, which is eating and travelling! Luckily these two things go very well together. When travelling, not …
Taste of Japan: Düsseldorf
Japanese town in Düsseldorf? No way? Yes way! Now you may find this rather odd, but given the 8000 Japanese citizens living in this city and surrounding area, it all makes sense. On Immermannstraße is …
Craft Beer: Barcelona
Barcelona is well known for its Mediterranean heat during the summer, yes. But now it’s also known for it’s craft beer. So I created a route for extinguishing your craft beer thirst at some cool …
EDITOR: ARTURO TORTOLERO
Born in Venezuela where rum distilleries are the rule, our editor Arturo developed a curiosity for beer. “My trips started to become research trips for learning more about beer and trying as much as …
ILLUSTRATOR: JUAN DANIEL GONZÁLEZ
In Caracas, Juan Daniel spent several years working in advertising agencies as a copywriter. Then, four years ago, he moved to Barcelona eager to focus on really learning lllustration (he loves to draw since …
DREAMING OF MINIMAPPING: MENORCA
One year ago I was in my favorite Balearic island: Menorca. I was lucky enough to have traveled with a bunch of girls that are truly experts, almost “menorquíes“, so I easily enjoyed without …
A Slow Walk: Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed is a historic town that once was prized and fought over fiercely (it changed ownership between England and Scotland 13 times) and now seems to have settled into a retirement place that people don’t …
ILLUSTRATOR: CECILIA GUEVARA
Cecilia is a Graphic Designer who lives in Caracas but seize every opportunity she has to escape and explore the world, searching for interesting places and simple things. She’s very tolerant when traveling but there’s …
EDITORS: KHIN TYE
Khin is in-transition, in-between cities, in-between life stages and in-between vocations. Like my travels, I’ve worked and experienced work and life-times in corporate, NGO and charity sectors and am now moving onto creative and …
The World Within Reach: Berlin
Berlin sometimes feels a bit like wonderland: a European capital where food and rent are still affordable and a bit of anarchy allows for differences to exist next to each other. Berlin thrives on its …
EDITOR: NINA BIRRI
Nina started traveling as a teenager, exploring Switzerland equipped with a Generalabonnement, the Swiss unlimited train travel card. Her first flight was an 18th-birthday gift and got her hooked to traveling further. One of her …
DREAMING OF MINIMAPPING: NORMANDIE
Happy Birthday France! Happy Bastille Day! I’m constantly publishing photos of Paris, so I thought of diversifying a bit the panorama, that’s why I’m sharing with you the newest Dreaming of Minimapping destination: Normandie. I …
10 PEOPLE-CENTRED SMART CITY INITIATIVES via NESTA
Here’s an interesting article by Nesta that showcases 10 people-centered initiatives at the time it highlights that for smart cities to reach their full potential, they need to focus on the citizens living in …
Folky, Colourful, Happy: Ciudad de México
[symple_column size=”one-third” position=”first” fade_in=”false”] Mexico Lindo y Querido! is a magic city with over 20million people, so possibilities are literally endless. Although is a massive and modern city the past and traditions are still fresh, …
DREAMING OF MINIMAPPING: LAKE COMO
I visited Lake Como a couple of years ago when Minimaps didn’t exist as it is right now, it was just a blurry idea, that’s why I would love to have the opportunity of …
THE FUTURE OF BREAKFAST
Photo via Pearlfisher. Here’s an interesting post written by Shaun Jones, Futures Business Director of Pearlfisher London about the future of breakfast that we, as restless brunch minimappers have found interesting (: “The breakfast …
DREAMING OF MINIMAPPING: JUAN-LES-PINS
Nina Burleigh’s article in The New York Times really got me thinking of my plans for the summer and craving for spending some time under the sun in Juan-les-Pins, a little town in the …
AN AIRBNB FOR THE KINKY? KINKBNB, OF COURSE
Photos via KinkBNB. What happens when you mix AirBNB’s business model with 50 Shades of Grey: KinkBNB. As they explain in their website “many sites offer to connect you to regular rooms, but …
Swimming Spots: Sydney
Here’s a guide to seven special swimming spots from the sparkly, sunny, city of Sydney. We are lucky to have sunshine in abundance in Sydney and our city sits on the eastern coast of Australia, …
ILLUSTRATOR: ALEJANDRO CASTILLO
After completing his education in Graphic design and Illustration, Ale has been working mainly as an Animator and Art Director for Television and Advertising. As you will see in his Minimap(s) his work as illustrator …
EDITOR: MELANIE WATKINS
Melanie works in arts management – managing a sculpture studio in Sydney. She also blogs, takes photographs and is a mother to a two-year-old boy. Melanie loves to travel, eat good food, drink campari …
A Paulista Art Tour: São Paulo
It is a hard task to make a minimap for such a big city as São Paulo! So, making a themed map was a way to summarize some of the wonderful things you can find …
ILLUSTRATOR: CLARA BENFATTI
Born in Paris, Clara lives and works in São Paulo, where she graduated in Arts in FAAP. Works mainly with drawings. Her research is based on the relation between city and human beings. In …