i’m jealous of emily fischer {haptic lab}
♥ City map quilts. Paris, New York, San Francisco… and your home town!
Gasp! So gorgeous! They are made by Haptic Lab, in Brooklyn. The company was started by architect/textiles designer Emily Fischer in 2009, but the “soft-maps” were originally part of an academic experiment in tactile wayfinding {2002}; the quilts were inspired by Emily’s mother, Peggy, who had begun losing her eyesight from complications of glaucoma.
There are cities from all of the world available on their website, BUT you can get them to make custom quilts! Your favorite runs at your local ski hill, your tiny town, or have your house/address sewn right onto your street! YES!!! {This is in bold so that you don’t skim over it, because you would hate to miss this part… I just know it.}
I already said Gasp, right? I just moved back to my tiny little home town, and you probably can’t guess how badly I want my town map laid across my bed!!! {Answer:Â Badly!}
But wait, there’s more… what better way to teach your baby a little local geography:
Love. So, so, so much.
{via Design Crush}
oh my. LOVE these!!
So beautiful in white!
yes! i love the white on white so so so much!
Oh…..w.o.w !!! White. Definitely white !
LOVE!!! The white ones are my favorites, so subtle, yet so obvious once you know! Kind of like the FedEx logo and the hidden arrow. FAVE logo EVER.
I digress…
haha!
[...] Gorgeous, minimalist, city-map quilts from Haptic Labs via The Jealous Curator [...]
Love these!
creative with maps!
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What a fabulous idea! Beautiful!
good ideas are contageous
Anna Von Mertens has been doing this for Years
http://www.annavonmertens.com
[...] quilts were just too cool. Created by Emily Fischer of Haptic Lab, I originally saw them over on the jealous curator and loved the concept + design. The (hand) stitching on each quilt is in a city’s street [...]
oh yes, similar technique… different subjects ; )