No Red Pins Needed. Scratch-Off Map, in 2 Sizes, Reveals Your Travels.

Scratch Map is a large, high quality wall map which features a gold top foil layer. Why? So you can scratch off all the places you’ve visited to reveal a whole new world below, featuring vibrant color and geographical detail.



Available in the full size or a travel edition size, both created by Luckies.

Full Size Scratch Off Wall Map:

This 81.9 x 58.2 cm world map is based on the idea of the scratch card so you just scratch off the places you've been and bright colours will be revealed underneath. Scratch Map also includes facts about certain countries and cities. Fun for all the family.

Measures: Length 81.9 cm, Width 58.2 cm, Height 0.2 cm
Weight: 0.3 kg
Material: cardboard; paper
Attributes: 100% recyclable

Travel Edition Scratch-Off Map:



The Travel Edition Scratch Map also has some hip tips on it. For example, did you know that Bulgarians shake their heads from side to side to mean 'yes' and nod up and down to say 'no'? Did you know that cutting down a cactus in America carries a twenty five year prison sentence? Perhaps think twice about bringing home a prickly present for someone. One of the other quirks the map has is sections where you can jot down the music you listened to, the best friend you made and the top 10 highlights. In short, the Scratch Map Travel Edition is brilliant.

Out of tube: 42 x 29.7cm
In tube: 5 x 13.5cm

Buy the travel sized version here at Luckies

Links to purchase the full size version:
Made by Luckies, you can buy it directly from them for £14.95 in the UK here
Or at Design 3000 for 19,50 € :here.

In the US:
buy it here for $34 at Urban Outfitters
Or buy it here for $24 at Uncommon Goods

A Year In Caps. 2012 Typographic Calendar printed on Sustainably-Harvested Birch Wood.

Heather Lins, whose unique pillows and homewares I have previously featured, has designed a calendar for 2012 which celebrates typography.

Each month is printed on sustainably-harvested wood veneers and makes a great gift for any graphic designer or typophile.




• Twelve 5" × 7" birch veneer cards
• Tied with a pretty ribbon.
• Gift tag and reusable gift bag included.
• Digitally printed.
• U.S. holidays.

By Heather Lins Home.
$32 USD, Buy it here.

If Walls Could Talk. Timothy Goodman's Mural for the Ace Hotel, New York.

San Francisco multidisciplinary designer Timothy Goodman was among a small group of artists asked to contribute to the mural project for the Ace Hotels.



The uber trendy hotel chain (whose rooms, I personally feel, look like college dorms) has locations in New York, Seattle, Portland and Palm Springs. Known for their appeal to the young and hip, the chain of hotels incorporates plenty of art, design, music and culture in their utilitarian-esque rooms and lobbies. They also have an association with the popular and fun Rudy Barbershops.



Timothy joined the ranks of other artists when he covered the walls of one smallish room in the latest Ace Hotel NYC location with 99 hand-drawn picture frames. Created with black paint markers and paint, he then filled them with images of facts, love, tidbits, items of interest and shout-outs to other folks to represent, in his own words, "the spontaneity and grit of the city."

























above photographs by Mark Dye.



Below are examples of various wall murals by other artists in the Ace Hotel, New York:













Timothy Goodman:





Timothy's website

Timothy's blog

Alexander Girard Prints on Plywood. Classic Graphic Art Goes Green With PLYprints.

For the first time since 1972 Alexander Girard's iconic graphics are now available as wall art, screened onto 14"x14" panels of Columbia's formaldehyde-free maple faced hardwood plywood.







The PLYprints program draws on Girard's history of printing directly on wood in such places as the Compound restaurant in Santa Fe.









Eight of Alexander Girard's classic designs are available on 14" x 14" plywood panels, including two NEW designs: Old Sun and New Sun. Each graphic panel features an iconic Alexander Girard image hand screenprinted with water-based inks on a US-made sustainably-harvested maple plywood panel.









All PLYprints include hanging hardware and have a spacer on the back that allows the panel to float off the wall. The vibrant artworks mix bold colors with the natural graining of the real wood veneers. The wood panels are responsibly made with Columbia Forest Products' soy-based, formaldehyde free PureBond® technology to create a safe and green wood based product for your home.







Three more of Girard's classic designs are available on larger 16" x 20" plywood panels, with wall hanging hardware included. This new size makes a bigger design statement with the same sustainable properties as the smaller wall hangings.







A "Give Love" gift set of six 3" x 3" blocks is also available, all with Girard's iconic "LOVE" design screened in red. Break up the set and "give love" to everyone you love. Alexander Girard (1907 - 1993) created iconic mid-century modern designs for such companies as Herman Miller and Braniff International Airways. His work married the timeless lines of the modern with the playfulness and bold color of Latin American folk art.



The estate chose to work with Columbia Forest Products because PureBond is the only widely available cost-neutral formaldehyde-free plywood panel. Girard had a long history of environmental concerns, especially about pollution, and PureBond technology offers a way to mitigate indoor air problems by eliminating the risk of toxic and carcinogenic VOC's that can be released by composite wood panels made with urea formaldehyde resins.



About Columbia Forest Products:

Founded in 1957, Columbia Forest Products is North America's largest manufacturer of hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer, a leader in sustainable forestry, and innovator of formaldehyde-free PureBond technology.



Columbia's decorative interior veneers and panels are used in cabinetry, furniture, architectural millwork and commercial fixtures. Employee-owned and based in Greensboro, North Carolina, Columbia employs more than 2,000 and operates facilities throughout the United States and Canada, and an operational network which spans the globe.



PLYprints Concept:

The PLYprints concept was developed in cooperation with Eric Pfeiffer of PfeifferLab, a San Francisco-based design and branding studio. PfeifferLab relies on Eric's penchant for simplicity of form to create useful and elegant solutions for everyday living. It's this pure design ethos, coupled with a casual sensibility that results in timeless objects rooted in a deep understanding of materials and message.



Learn more here.