My possible idea for maps was to look into artists who make them more creative than just a informative object; I was looking to combine the information provided by maps and a graphic style that would be visually more interesting to look at. Pinterest was my main point of research, this granted me to access to so many more artists who use maps in unique ways. An example was Zero Per Zero, graphic designers who created colourful and creative ways of looking at metro lines across the world, such as Tokyo and New York. This was a primary example of my focus, because it combined beautiful graphics with information that was useful. If I was going to combine the two together, I would use this as inspiration, it's minamilistic and provides a lot of information without being too crowded.
Typography in graphics was another area I wanted to look at. This was particularly minamilistic and, with the right font, looked beautifully designed - Nancy McAbe created a map of the world using typography, labelling each city in each of the countries. Whilst at first this is simple, the more you look into it the more interesting it becomes, as a lot of information has been packed into the map. McAbe also stats adding colour to create something that looks visually beautiful.
My ideas were to combine both information and emotion, as such I looked at Grayson Perry's work as I possibly wanted to go down the route of making my project more personal, looking at myself and researching graphic design styles to inspire me into creating a map that was both aesthically pleasing and something that was reflective of me.
http://weburbanist.com/2011/05/30/creative-cartography-15-artists-transforming-maps/
