Magical Urbanism, a website about urbanization, design and social change, is maintained by Mike Ernst. I'm an urban planner and designer based in New York City. I graduated from the Custom City Map Quilts by Haptic Labs
Haptic Labs makes custom quilts featuring hand-stitched maps of your favorite city. Above is Paris.
One-of-a-kind custom Soft-Maps can be commissioned for any place on earth, at any scale: the small town you grew up in, the city or country you’re lonely for, or the college campus where you met your mate. These functional art pieces make unforgettable wedding and anniversary gifts and are heirlooms meant to last for generations. Each custom quilt is crafted entirely by hand in Brooklyn and takes 200+ hours to complete. Lead times for custom orders run between six and twelve weeks.
Halifax:
New Orleans:
New York City:
Los Angeles:
Charleston:
Rome:
Link to the Haptic Labs website via Maria Popova
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I adore this. I’d love to have one for every major city I’ve lived in: Chicago, Cincinnati, Seattle, Moscow, and St. Louis.
@Court True! That would be a great project…. If only had the time and patience to learn how to properly sew.
These are so unique. What a great way to remember a city.
Ben says:Do these have to be done by hand or could they be done on an embroidery machine?
Hi Ben -
I’m sure these could be done by machine, though I like the handmade feel of these. Thanks for the comment!
Mike
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I adore this. I’d love to have one for every major city I’ve lived in: Chicago, Cincinnati, Seattle, Moscow, and St. Louis.
@Court True! That would be a great project…. If only had the time and patience to learn how to properly sew.
These are so unique. What a great way to remember a city.
Do these have to be done by hand or could they be done on an embroidery machine?
Hi Ben -
I’m sure these could be done by machine, though I like the handmade feel of these. Thanks for the comment!
Mike
‘ Gently apply a baking soda with water mixture and after 15 minutes rinse it thoroughly with clean water. Nuts and Seeds – Nuts when eaten in moderation are a good way to snack and feel full, and add fiber to your diet. Health – Force Nutritionals: About Health – Force Health – Force Nutritionals: Greener Grasses: Alkalizing Mineral Dense Grasses – 10 Ounces Live Super – Foods: Healthforce Greener Grasses Raw Food Info: Healthforce Nutritionals Greener Grasses. The availability of this vitamin brand not just on Canada but in addition via intenet speaks quantities of its success.
If you want to boost your energy, supplement with B vitamins.
If you are feeling the need to shed a few or more pounds seeing that you are feeling a little
out of shape, it is very important that you to begin with understand and learn that the means to lose weight is not as demanding as it once was.
Brenda Davy, an associate professor of human nutrition,
foods, and exercise at Virginia Tech, found that people who drank two glasses of
water 20 to 30 minutes before each meal lost weight more quickly.
Fibrous variety of carbohydrates, with the exception only after physical exertion, which allowed more complex, starchy
carbohydrates.