Relief map rug

Studio Laurens van Wieringen, a Dutch interior design studio, made this beautiful landscape carpet that employs soft foam blocks of varying height and color to create a beautiful, walkable relief map. Link (via Cribcandy)

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Anonymous

It is missing the color-key legend and a scale bar.
chasie

Oh, man, the cat threw up on the rug.
Where?
Arkansas!
Eh, nobody will notice.
Anonymous

that’s not really a map, it’s more of a landscape…
Seth

This reminds me of the great “Flying Carpet” at the Sacramento Airport. http://www.papersac.com/2007/06/15/sacramentos-flying-carpet/