lisa jayne willard - T H E S I S + B O O K

Meta-Phorical Graphic Atlas

This book is a visualization of a 140-page research document on the recontextualization of the atlas as a designer container. Meta-Phorical Graphic Atlas is directly influenced by the research of Herbert Bayer's World Geo-Graphic Atlas. Text on the left-side pages in Dutch (thanks to Google Translate) and the right in English, as to the comparison of use of the atlas between the Netherlands and the United States.

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Thesis Link: What is an Atlas? An Historical Overview and Comparison of Use Between
The Netherlands and The United States, and a Recontextualization for 21st Century Design

The atlas utilized in a newspaper format in a continued recontextualization of the written data and information.