A Dearth of Decor

Recently, I was shopping for some decorative wall hangings to put up in my office. I really like the photographic work of Andy Anderson, but I'll likely never be willing or able to part with the amount of money is required to put up a print of his on my wall. Still, beautiful work. As usual, I fell back to putting up a few of my maps of the areas that I like to haunt - even though my hauntings have been quite a bit fewer recently. In fact, the office that I am decorating is directly correlated to the lack of time I am spending in the woods these days. As I considered the maps, I recalled some interesting subway maps I had seen on a design blog some time ago. They were simple maps focusing on the main features only, in that case, the subway lines and little else. It got me thinking about how a topo map could be made a little more interesting, or less distracting, or just visually attractive if it's main purpose was to hang on a wall. Quite a few versions later, I landed on this as a first design style. (View it full size for the full effect) Anyway, I enjoy design as much as any of my other hobbies, and having a project like this to try my hand at is something I get satisfaction from. I could see a similar style being applied to favorite hiking, skiing, or biking trails too.

Oh, and back to my original track, there needs to be more wilderness office decor out there too!