Grasses, Watermen & Bathymetry

| 04.22.13

Today we’re announcing a new cartography and storytelling project called Chesapeake Bay Grasses with the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP), a partnership of federal, state, non-profit organizations and academic institutions dedicated to the protection and restoration of the Bay. Stamen has been working with the CBP to develop a visual story about the health of the...

Found on campus: a Stamen map of Palo Alto in tablecloth form

| 04.17.13

News flash: maps transform from paper things to digital things to things all over the map with maps all over them. We were delighted to receive an invitation to the Stanford Cool Product Expo, a yearly showcase of innovative companies and products produced by Stanford’s MBA students. Stamen was one of 45 producers invited to...

Parklets, private bus networks and open source have more in common than you think

| 04.08.13

Later today, I’ll be joining a panel discussion at SPUR talking about how urban agents are changing our cities, with local design and infrastructure smarties like Raphael Garcia from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission & Nancy Levinson from Design Observer. On my radar: welcome urban innovations like parklets, less-popular (or at least more controversial)...

Pow! Thwok! Happy Monday.

| 04.05.13

Lock Batman, Hulk, Iron Man, Catwoman, a mercenary Snow White and antihero Bilbo Baggins in a room. Make ’em fight. Who wins? Our latest social vote project for MTV’s 2013 Movie Awards gives a realtime window into this virtual bloodbath. Poom! Leading up to the April 14 awards show, fans are casting votes for this...