We believe every city tells a story. But what if you could not only read that story but feel it? Today, we are thrilled to launch Plotopia, our newest initiative that transforms digital map data into tangible works of art, drawn line-by-line by our collection of vintage pen plotters.
While browsing through the book ‘Colour’ I noticed a fascinating drawing in black ink on white paper that changes colour right before your eyes.
This and more about recreating this artwork from the artist and teacher Arthur Hoener (1933-1987) after the jump.
We have welcomed another big pen plotter to the fleet. The notorious HP 7596A DraftMaster II. In this post I’ll cover the whole process from buying an in unknown working state vintage plotter, hauling it back home, to getting it ready for some serious production work.
The iconic cover of Joy Division’s legendary debut album “Unknown Pleasures” (1979) features a striking image of a pulsar’s radio waves. We recreated this image with a period correct plotter. You can read all about the proces in the how-we-plot-it post.
We got some new gear. Really nice old sturdy gear from 1988. We were having a blast with it while testing and fixing problems.
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