Australian cartographer and illustrator Alex Hotchin talks about her first map, cycling from Scotland to Cambodia sans GPS, and “a career drawing how beautiful the world can be.” See her work at alexhotchin.com

Alex's first creative map: bottom of the page, “Jericho”
Martijn Doolaard’s Two Years on a Bike
NACIS Atlas of Design 
Ed Fairburn’s portraits in maps  
Sara Drake’s handmade maps 


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