MIT Senseable City Lab uses 3D laser scans to map Rio de Janeiro's favelas
This one-minute video shows how MIT Senseable City Lab is using 3D laser scanning to analyse the architecture of Brazil's favelas. More
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Part W creating map "to draw attention to built projects by women" in London
To coincide with International Women's Day architecture collective Part W has launched a campaign to populate a map titled Women's Work: London. More
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Debate over New York's subway map was a "historic moment in design history" says Gary Hustwit
The legendary 1978 clash between graphic designers Massimo Vignelli and John Tauranac epitomises "the challenges that designers still face every day," according to filmmaker Gary Hustwit, who has written a book about the event. More
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Es Devlin's Memory Palace model maps out momentous events in history
From the cave markings left by early man to the Swedish Parliament where Greta Thunberg began her climate strike, Es Devlin has represented crucial historical moments on a three-dimensional map at Pitzhanger gallery. More
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Google Maps launches AR walking directions
Google has released a beta feature for its Google Maps service called Live View, which uses augmented reality to show users which direction to walk in. More
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Olafur Eliasson and Carlo Ratti collaborate on robot that charts the sun
Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Carlo Ratti have collaborated on a celestial mapping robot that brings together their hit design brands Little Sun and Scribit. More
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The Mapping of the Moon exhibition celebrates 300 years of lunar cartography
The Map House has created an exhibition of lunar maps created in the 300 years leading up to the first moon landing, which took place 50 years ago today. More
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Kerim Bayer deconstructs 1,366 maps to create "atlas of atlases"
Map enthusiast and researcher Kerim Bayer has drawn from his collection of 1,366 maps to create a graphic-design book containing 5,180 thumbnail images. More
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Virtual Cities explores the urban landscapes of 40 video games
Game developer and writer Konstantinos Dimopoulos has crowdfunded an atlas exploring the design of cities in video games. More
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Competition: win a map of Chicago's concrete architecture
Dezeen is giving away five copies of a map that pinpoints Chicago's concrete buildings, including iconic brutalist structures and university projects, in this competition. More
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Trump’s border wall "will be the aesthetic legacy of a dictator"
The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the start of a global rush to create physical barriers, according to a new book illustrating how tyrants use architecture and design to control populations. More
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Surging Seas software shows potential impact of rising sea levels on US cities
An interactive mapping tool provides a scary glimpse of how cities such as New York, Boston and Miami might end up if sea levels continue to rise. More
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Accurate world map scoops grand prize at Good Design Awards 2016
Dezeen promotion: an alternative world map thought to be the most accurate 2D projection ever made has taken the top prize at the Japan Institute of Design Promotion's Good Design Awards. More
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Competition: five copies of the Brutalist Washington Map to be won
Dezeen has teamed up with Blue Crow Media to give away five copies of a map detailing 40 examples of brutalist architecture in Washington DC. More
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Competition: win a copy of the Constructivist Moscow Map
Dezeen is giving five readers the opportunity to win a copy of a map detailing constructivist architecture in Moscow. More
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Competition: five guides to London's Art Deco architecture to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with independent publisher Blue Crow Media to offer five readers the chance to win an Art Deco London map. More
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Luiz Zanotello's New Velocity machine plots the position of a phantom island
Design student Luiz Zanotello has created a machine that uses digital methods to map the location of the mythical Sandy Island (+ movie). More
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Competition: five Brutalist London Maps to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with conservation group the Twentieth Century Society to offer five readers the chance to win a guide to London's Brutalist architecture. More
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Dezeen and designjunction launch map of West End Design Quarter 2014
London Design Festival 2014: Dezeen has collaborated with designjunction to create a free digital map of West End Design Quarter 2014 – one of the key areas during this year's London Design Festival – including the best fashion and design shops offering discounts to Visa card holders during the festival. More
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Google adds London to its growing list of 3D-mapped cities
Google Maps has now added London to an impressive roster of 3D-mapped cities that also includes Paris, Rome, New York and Los Angeles (+ slideshow). More
