PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Family Walks in Cape Town
The brief
- Each map will show the landmarks discussed in the text (using a numbering system), the relevant street names, a key that will list the landmarks, distances, type of terrain and effort.
- We want the maps to have a hand-drawn, illustrated, informal feel while still being legible, attractive and useful.
- Use of full colour
The Cape Town Book
The brief
- Each map will show the landmarks discussed in the text (using a numbering system), the relevant street names, a key that will list the landmarks, distances, type of terrain and effort.
- Maps to have a vintage feel
- Use of full colour
Walking Cape Town
The brief
- Each map will show the landmarks discussed in the text (using a numbering system), the relevant street names, a key that will list the landmarks, distances, type of terrain and effort.
- We want the maps to have a hand-drawn, illustrated, informal feel while still being legible, attractive and useful.
- Use of full colour
Field Guide: Battlefields of South Africa
The brief
- Show hill/mountains
- Add colour arrows for battle advances
- Design a consistent spec to suit the supplied texture background
Kenya The Beautiful
The brief
- Country map: 230mm (h) x 220 mm (w), full-colour
- Electronic files and fonts of base map supplied
- Texture map to be dropped in
- Show all park boundaries and names
- Additional parks and marine reserves to be added
- Add labels for geographic features
Paths to Pubs
The brief
- Book size is A5 portrait
- Base maps supplied by NGI
- Base maps to be grayscale, 70% b/w and 300dpi
- Ensure base maps are supplied with a straight orientation
- Map spec and font supplied on a template
- Font is chalkboard bold 7pt
- Add scale bar and north symbol
- Create parking, POI, gradient and directional symbols
- Use the base map, hand drawn routes from the authors’ notes
South Africa by Road A Regional Guide
The brief
- Convert original data from Freehand to Illustrator
- Tweak the map design to compliment the rest of the guide
- Implement a visually attractive way to display an English and Afrikaans version of a map label
- Add POI’s mentioned in each chapter, where they are not in the original file