Printed Atlas of the World Wide Web Will Wow You

Humans have been practicing cartography — or, mapmaking — since ancient times, but much has changed since the digital revolution

It may be hard to remember at this point, but before there was Google Maps, there was Rand McNally. Before there was MapQuest, there was an atlas in your glove compartment. Israeli designer Dafna Aizenberg decided to visualize something new — the Web — in a way that harkens back to the age-old art of mapmaking.

In designing her 120-page (as in, printed pages) Atlas of the World Wide Web, Aizenberg did not use any computer-generated graphics, she told Wired. Aizenberg said the work was meant to commemorate the Internet's 30th anniversary. Read more...