Today, technology is more prevalent than ever. Ski resorts use apps to update lift statuses on the mountain, local buses use apps to allow resort-goers to request rides, and even backcountry skiers ...

Paula Scher, “US Area Codes and Time Zones” (2014), 36 3/4 x 54 1/2 in, acrylic paint on hand-pulled silkscreen (all images courtesy Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery) (click to enlarge) Paula Scher, the first ...

Hand-painted ski maps endure in the digital age For nearly as long as people have been strapping boards to their feet to explore snow-covered mountains, alpine artists have painted maps illustrating ...

Computers nil, man with a pencil and paintbrushes, one. Meet James Niehues, an artist who has hand-painted over 200 ski resort trail maps across North America, South America, New Zealand and Australia ...

It started with a click. I was searching for a birthday present for my mother — born in 1937, raised on a tobacco farm, rode a mule to school — when I stumbled across a bright, bustling map of ...

James Niehues, dubbed the Rembrandt of the Snow, is one of the last great analog map makers — a ski trail map painter and an icon in the skiing world. You may not know James Niehues but if you’re a ...

AN Oxfordshire artist who painted a map of the entire county, dotted with depictions of its rich history, has been commended by the national body for cartography. Jane Tomlinson, from Eynsham, ...

A set of rare maps dating back to the 17th century has sold at auction for $24,000 (£19,820) in the US. They are believed to be a version created by Italian Jesuit priest, Matteo Ricci, whose original ...

Illustrating everything that happens in an action adventure movie like Star Trek on one page is like playing Tetris, according to artist Andrew DeGraff, who has mapped the movement of characters ...