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  • We acquired this object.

1970

2012

  • Work on this object began.

2015

  • Work on this object ended.

2023

  • You found it!

Website, Watercolor Maptiles

This is a Website. It was designed by Geraldine Sarmiento, Zachary Watson, Eric Rodenbeck, Nathaniel Kelso, Michal Migurski and George Oates and firm: Stamen Design. It is dated 2012-2015. Its medium is website code (html, javascript, css) and algorithmically-generated maptiles (jpg image files; hand-painted watercolor textures applied to mapnik tiles based on openstreetmap data using python scripts and adobe photoshop). It is a part of the department.

This object was donated by Stamen Design. It is credited Gift of Stamen Design in honor of Zachary Watson.

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<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/2318804885/ |title=Website, Watercolor Maptiles |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=29 January 2023 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>