Here’s another cool project from my Design vaults: the typographic world map!
I started this project initially in late 2002, with the intentions to mark each world nation with its national flag, few iterations later and I thought “wouldn’t it be cool to have their actual names displayed instead?”
Bingo! I spent a couple of weeks working on this project as a detailing and large format design exercise. The original vector file contains every United Nations recognized nation, some 192 countries altogether. Heck, even the Vatican City made it!
Fast forward today, I was checking some of my old projects and found this slightly outdated gem, and decide to clean it up, add the newly recognized nations to-day (Hello Montenegro!) and share it with the world. Once the original vector file was updated, I dropped it in Photoshop, applied a couple of filters and touch-ups and voila: four eye-catching, and dare say useful, desktop wallpapers!
Plus, you can download the original Illustrator vector file plus all four wallpapers in a whopping 10178 x 4667 resolution JPGs in a compressed WinRAR file (88 Mbs).
Note: If you decide to use any of these assets in a non-commercial project, make sure to give me a credit nod. Cheers!
Tools used: Freehand, Illustrator & Photoshop.
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Hey man, i really dig this. Gonna take a crack at a version myself, ill let ya know what i come up with.
Thanks!
Looking forward to see your creations
Hi There,
I need to use your Typographic World Map on some commercial Material(Denim Trend book) by modifying a little bit. Trend Book will be printed in about 30-40 in quantity.
Can i use it?? Waiting for your reply!
Cheers!
Hey Abdul,
For commercial and derivative use, please include the following attribution within the printed material: “Max Taha | SIGOYA.com”
I’m interested in seeing the final print!
Cheers, Max
Hey there,
I’d love to use your world map as the header for my blog…is that ok for you?
Hey Leni,
Sure, go ahead. Can you share your blog address with us?
Cheers, Max
thanx! can u send me your mail address and i’m gonna send u the blog link as soon as i finished the new design?
Pass it to: hello (at) sigoya (dot) com!
Cheers, Max