Little Otsu

We loved Lart’s Lakes and Territories of the Greater 2008 so when it came to making 2009 calendars, we wanted to revisit the map concept. Lart was inspired by public transportation to create this imaginative railway map of daily routes and night service (lunar cycle). Lart’s intricate cityscape unfolds to reveal watercolor service lines representing the months with full moons and special days marked with colored dots and amusing text by Simon Evans. There’s even an inset overview of the area, and it’s all on top of an amazing paper weave/scotch tape background. When the year is over, you can turn the map over and hang it as a poster of astounding full-color sticker dot composition.

The project was printed in full-color using vegetable-based inks on 100% post-consumer recycled paper by a family-owned printer in Hayward, CA. It measures 4” x 9” folded and 24” x 18” unfolded, 100# text stock.