Battles That Changed the World. Following on from the first successful Battlefields Magazine Against All Odds this second edition Battles That Changed the World is about decisive battles that have altered the course of history. This time the focus is on Hastings 1066, Waterloo in 1815 and Stalingrad 1942-3. Commissioned by Key Publishing and authored by renowned...

Mitchells Maps have created 8 new maps for a new title about 2 Para deployment to Helmand, Afghanistan, by Major Russ Lewis. Book to be released by Random House Publishing shortly.  

Mitchells Maps have been approached by Random House Publishing to produce 8 new maps and artwork for a new title about 2 Para deployment to Helmand, Afghanistan, by Major Russ Lewis. Stand by to see the final results here.  

This article by Steven Heller (designer and writer) interviews Paula Scher to understand her reasoning to paint such wonderful maps to get away from the design life within Pentagram. Read more here

A new take on the underground map, giving you stops along the wines of France. http://bigthink.com/ideas/40384    

Mitchell’s Maps gains a new commission to produce a collection of flat and 3D mapping for a new partworks magazine for Ian Allan Publishing. Reuniting with military author Robert Kershaw, whom we previously work with for ‘Against All Odds’, this new 16 page, 32 issue magazine brings a new perspective...

With this years Tour de France providing some thrilling finishes and some spectacular crashes, here’s a great vintage tour map from 1957. Here are some further great images via a google search.

The winter issue of Eye magazine features a fantastic interview and section of spreads on Joost Grootens the Dutch designer. His atlas and map designs for the Dutch water line defence and others show a meticulous level of detail but in such clean and prescribed way.  His use of limited colour...

12 maps produced for a book by Ewen Southby-Tailyour documenting the operations undertaken by the Royal Marines in Afghanistan during the operational period of 2006-2007. Map illustrations were created to accompany the accounts within the book. Defined and controlled elements allow the map to contain as much information without compromising...

Commissioned by Ebury Press to illustrate a funny and heart-warming true story about one woman’s search for love and friendship in the lotus position. Being less precise but giving a quirky feel to match the narrative of the story.

An illustrative map outlining the shape of India via a circuit board to indicate of the book theme of the emergence of India as a powerful industry within the electronics and IT world.

It’s nice to be alone in Paris We have selected 32 of the best things to do if you’re own your own in Paris. None of them involve sharing a bottle of wine, eating bread and cheese on the banks of the Seine, or wandering arm in arm with your...

Mitchells Maps has a new look! We have ventured into Worpress and believe the maps have a cleaner, uncluttered appearance using this new theme from WP Shower, visit them here. We will be continuing our discovery into producing maps for various clients but also providing news, inspirations and comments on...