Independent designer, mapmaker & visualisation trainer
When you are making maps it only makes sense occasionally to go out and discover the routes yourself. So in July, I plugged out and headed to Estonia’s second-largest islands with a bike and a single-wheel trailer. I carried my portable home for two weeks and aimed to circle the island along the main long-distance … Continue reading 300 km solo bike adventure around Hiiumaa
Blue tits are on the lookout for nesting material from the end of February Photo by Paul Levesley on Unsplash February is the perfect time to spend more time outdoors and spot the first signs of spring – days are getting longer, birds are more vocal and first wildflowers are popping out to catch the … Continue reading 10 nature reserves in Bristol to catch the first signs of spring
Edinburgh‘s well-known viewpoints and hidden lookouts have astounding views Photo by Robin Canfield on Unsplash Famous for its spectacular views from Calton Hill and Arthur’s Seat Edinburgh is less known for its other hills, but the less visited hilltops offer equally magnificent vistas over the city and surrounding landscape. Edinburgh is built on the ‘seven hills’ and is connected to … Continue reading Nine viewpoints in Edinburgh to explore this winter
Copenhagen is one of my favourite cities to walk and I’ve been looking forward making this map to inspire others to visit this cool, green and sustainably thinking European city. The first Copenhagen Greenground Map selects 360 parks and open spaces, linking them together with 12 creative green and blue lines for memorable day hikes … Continue reading Copenhagen Greenground Map – a green guide for walkers and cyclists
I don’t have any new projects to post this week as I am taking few weeks off, but I’ve been walking as usual and covered some good distance this weekend. I’m still exploring ‘locally’ which for me means covering around 10-15 km a day. I could walk more locally, but the forest is a bit … Continue reading Forest bathing and beach tracks
Everyone should be able to walk into the forest from where they live. Tallinn is luckily quite a small city compared to some other capitals and nature is never too far off. Yet it can be far (as I discovered this week) if you don’t own a car or can use the public transport (which … Continue reading Walks in the woods
I am going to change the format of this blog a little and instead of posting only finished projects I will reuse the same method I did with my travel blog few years back – I will talk about what I do on ongoing bases and include the projects as part of the weekly/twice a … Continue reading Corona, connecting with nature and Coursera
After taking a creative break in Edinburgh I’m back in discovering the natural wonders of London. So todays infographic/map is about waterfalls! Waterfalls in London doesn’t really sound likely, but London actually has quite a few waterfalls, although most of them are man-made. Some parks are quite well known for their water cascades such as … Continue reading Map of Waterfalls in London Parks
Ruskin said (and I’m not sure I would have liked the man himself if we had met, but he had some good points) that drawing makes us understand the world around us more. Only through drawing person can really get into core of things and if there is a one skill I like to master … Continue reading Common Tree Leaves hand-illustrated graphic
Helen Ilus 