WATCH 'Em come to life

OAKLAND BUILD

With her 146 neighborhoods (and 2,121 letters), the city of Oakland is dense, and this map was challenging to research, verify and design. Watch it come to life while listening to the perfectly timed Roppongi Blues by Philippe Saisse.

Go ahead, put Oakland on your wall.

TOKYO-TO BUILD

With its 53 divisions, the prefecture of Tokyo-To is home to the city of Tokyo. This video shows the whole design process and has captions to explain the various production steps. Listen to another impeccable piece by Philippe Saisse while you watch.

Put Tokyo-To and Tokyo on your wall, too.

All research, cartography and typographic maps by me. ©2012–2023 Ozan Berke

designerDad exclusively uses paper from the French Paper Co. and the screenprinting services of Monolith Press. I am not affiliated with Ork Posters. As a rule, I do not design maps of locations that Ork has created. designerDad was first to publish typographic maps for USA, Berlin and Oakland.