David Lemm

In the peer review, Neneh mentioned this illustrator. I really like how he incorporates symbols and pictograms usually found in maps, ordinance surveys, and the likes. The use of marks, dots, dashes, and numbers make it all look very accurate and official - even though they have nothing to do with realistic terrain or layouts.

They do however possess meaning based on real-life places or subjects. They are more like interpretive maps rather than geographically exact maps.

Illustrations from 'Mapping Eigg' project

Lemm produced a series of illustrations based on the story of a 'lost map' rumoured to have charted the Isle of Eigg, his description of his aims for the projects are really interesting and have a lot of similarities for what I wish to do for my own practical work in this module...

'the project aimed to examine how maps are perceived and used on the island; exploring their significance and value as tools of way finding, instruments of organisation but also material artifacts and repositories of meaning...'

'...I was interested in exploring the idea that maps fundamentally aim to describe reality through simple abstract lines, forms and motifs'   David Lemm [link]