The Future of Urban Air

Sometimes these maps are quite quick to create (e.g. the Future of Space) other times they take forever. This started out as a scribble almost 2-years ago. I then looked at weather maps, ancient maps and stylised images of sails, breathing and even wind, but eventually my scribble morphed into a street map. At this point I stumbled upon the work of an illustrator called Ed Fairburn and the scene was set for what I hope is a great example of art/science collaboration.

The visual is a fictitious city street map with the face of a child hand-drawn by Ed over the streets. The face is provocative and using a child makes it more so I think. Visually based tends, inventions and ideas then cluster around the eyes, sound-based thoughts cluster around the ears, smells around the nose and so on.

The interactive map can be found on this link:

https://www.imperialtechforesight.com/visions/the-future-of-urban-air/