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Figmasset: reducing design friction while making map markers

Figmasset: reducing design friction while making map markers

When we’re rapidly iterating on creative map designs at Stamen, one source of friction is testing new map icons in a live map. Designers…
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Steve Bennett
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The Election Ring Map sneaks into Ken Field’s new “Thematic Mapping” textbook

The Election Ring Map sneaks into Ken Field’s new “Thematic Mapping” textbook

Last November, as part of Stamen’s 2020 roundup of presidential election maps (“We design maps for a living. Here’s who got the 2020…
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Alan McConchie
Year Eight at Stamen

Year Eight at Stamen

In July 2015, after my first two years at Stamen, I wrote a blog post called “Year Two at Stamen”, and followed it up in December 2018 with…
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Alan McConchie
Five days at the University of New Mexico teaching design & fermentation

Five days at the University of New Mexico teaching design & fermentation

I was lucky enough to be invited to help teach my pal Janet Abrams’ new design program, Architecture + Design Summer Academy at the…
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Eric Rodenbeck
Diversity in Design Collaborative Launches to Take Meaningful Action to Increase Diversity in the…

Diversity in Design Collaborative Launches to Take Meaningful Action to Increase Diversity in the…

Members Join Forces Around Commitment to Improving Representation of Black Creatives in Design, Increasing Design Career Opportunities and…
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Eric Rodenbeck
New Smithsonian Acquisition: Watercolor Maptiles by Stamen Design

New Smithsonian Acquisition: Watercolor Maptiles by Stamen Design

[Last week, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum announced that Stamen’s Watercolor map tiles would be added to their permanent…
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Eric Rodenbeck
Our Brilliant Friend: Stamen and OpenStreetMap through the years, part 2

Our Brilliant Friend: Stamen and OpenStreetMap through the years, part 2

A personal history of OpenStreetMap, seen through the eyes of Stamen Design
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Alan McConchie
Stamen’s 12 Sunsets with the Getty Museum wins Webby Award!

Stamen’s 12 Sunsets with the Getty Museum wins Webby Award!

Stamen’s project 12 Sunsets: Exploring Ed Ruscha’s Archive, which we built in collaboration with The Getty Museum, is the 2021 Webby Award…
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Alan McConchie
Stamen’s Watercolor map tiles are now in the Smithsonian’s permanent collection!

Stamen’s Watercolor map tiles are now in the Smithsonian’s permanent collection!

Today the Cooper Hewitt (the Smithsonian Design Museum) officially added Stamen’s OpenStreetMap-based Watercolor map to its collection, the…
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Alan McConchie
A conversation with Harvard GSD’s Charles Waldheim about Ed Ruscha’s archive at the Getty

A conversation with Harvard GSD’s Charles Waldheim about Ed Ruscha’s archive at the Getty

Introduction:
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Eric Rodenbeck
Our Brilliant Friend: Stamen and OpenStreetMap through the years, part 1

Our Brilliant Friend: Stamen and OpenStreetMap through the years, part 1

A personal history of OpenStreetMap, seen through the eyes of Stamen Design
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Alan McConchie
Save the date! Stamen & Smithsonian in dialogue about museums & maps

Save the date! Stamen & Smithsonian in dialogue about museums & maps

Join us on May 18 for a Zoom conversation between @cooperhewitt curator @andrealipps7 + Stamen founder @ericrodenbeck! To RSVP visit the…
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Eric Rodenbeck
Stamen Design on the Geomob Podcast

Stamen Design on the Geomob Podcast

Recently Eric Rodenbeck and Alan McConchie had a fascinating conversation with Steven Feldman for the Geomob Podcast. Geomob is a great…
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Alan McConchie
Introducing Scale-a-Tron

Introducing Scale-a-Tron

By Eric Brelsford and Alan McConchie
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Eric Brelsford
Corona-cartography: what we learned from a year of COVID-19 maps

Corona-cartography: what we learned from a year of COVID-19 maps

In our last post looking back at the data visualization trends of the coronavirus pandemic, we focused mainly on charts and diagrams, and…
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Alan McConchie
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