New Projections

With an endless love of creating, Mikkelsen set out to make a map of Silicon Valley that raised the standard and breathed new life into the industry. He had a lifetime of experience working around printing and love the joy of making something new and unique. After some realization and encouragement he set about the task of making a new map each year servicing the specialty businesses that made Silicon Valley what it was. In this our last episode in exploring the mapmakers of Silicon Valley, we end with a gem, Thomas Mikkelsen.

Inspired after he saw The New Yorker magazine cover by Saul Steinberg, [artist William Hogan](https://www.williambhogan.com), in a humorous moment, decided to quickly make his own Steinberg Projection, but from a New Jerseyian's perspective. Many at the time enjoyed the chance to show their take on the world and Bill Hogan was encouraged by a colleague to get his published, and it worked. In this brief chat we get the chance to hear from the artist himself about his New Jerseyians View of the World.

He was the founder Pierson Graphics, a long-time cartographic publisher for Denver and the front range, that had a well established reputation for quality and dependability. This interview follows something of the arc of his life, from the family's navigator and map-reader, to an architecture student that was drawn into the world of map making. Does focus on his series of birds eye views for cities, which were inspired by seeing Hermann Bollmann's famous NYC map, Francis' approach, and his life in cartography. 0:55 The navigator and map reader 3:05 Education and first job with Architectural firm, and on to Oil & Gas 7:55 Hermann Bollmann's Map of New York 9:18 Bollmann as a continuation of the past 10:49 Inspired to depict Denver 12:31 Groundwork to draw Denver 13:25 the 1974 Birdseye of Denver 16:07 Birds Eyes for Chicago, Dallas, Houston 18:35 Second editions and city growth 20:30 Could you do it again today? 21:05 From Analog to Digital

An amazing story of a promising architecture student who loses everything as war sweeps across his country, and restarts life in America, just as the new tech region of Silicon Valley begins to grow. For those interested in the 20th century cartography, the growth of Silicon Valley, or just needing an inspirational story. Here is just a portion of an interview with artist, map maker and enduring creator, Pham Bach Phi. 0:49 Beginning - Life and family in Vietnam 3:40 'We are very lucky' leaving Saigon 6:36 San Francisco 7:48 Making 'Unspeakable Rancor' 9:40 Starting over, working up 13:02 'You were born to do this job!' Maps of Silicon Valley 14:41 His map making process

Out of the dynamic growth of Silicon Valley came a new field of Biotech that would begin to outpace its technical field of origin. Even as people speak of the end of Moore's law and the slowing of tech development, it seems biotech just grows and innovates more quickly. Today's guest, Terry Guyer, was not only first hand for the growth of these industries, but met and painted portraits of many of the titans of technology, medicine and biology. From the aforementioned Gordon Moore, to Steve Wozniak, or Ray Kurzweil, Terry Guyer has spent time with them all. Most of all, Guyer was the maker of a series of maps that showed the growing Biotech industry from California to the East Coast and up to Canada. 0:00 Intro 0:55 Living in early Silicon Valley and the changing landscape 4:55 Specialty Tech Illustration and beginning of Biotech maps 14:00 Meeting Silicon Valley Luminaries 18:00 Steve Wozniak 21:00 Luminaries as people 24:45 Internet era personalities 29.15 Map making 31.19 Thanks!

From a lifetime of practical experience in community work, wrestling with the structures that form and direct peoples, Frank Romo (https://www.romogis.com/)has had an expanding perspective on the human experience. In this conversation we get to discuss his landmark, interactive 'Black Lives Matter Map' (https://blm-map.com/), as well as his background and works such as the 'Murals In Detroit' ( https://muralsindetroit.com/) He's passionate about making cartographic works to illuminate the complexities of right now, from the individual to the collective, and impacting our culture's dialogue. This is just a portion of an energizing and challenging conversation with Frank Romo.

A young employee at the Harris Seybold printing company always loved those framed painting of classic books. They hung in the offices, those original paintings, and were mostly done by artist and illustrator Everett Henry. They were extraordinary in their visual ability to represent the geography, plot and drama of a story in a single visual. Everett Henry literally could convert a book into a type of map. This young employee, Rich Foley, spent years at the company, and as the business changed ownership, he always kept tabs on what happened to those painting. He always made sure new management knew their story and that they were important... and should end up in a good home. Even in retirement he never let go, but made sure that eventually they made it home, to the Library of Congress. 'They now belong to the American people'. To see more ...https://bit.ly/3m6Xhmu

Drawing on a whimsical approach to depicting areas, Kirby Scudder has tapped into a greater depth and continues the tradition of the American Birds Eye View map. Here we chat with him about his early work for the Tech Regions around Boston with 'Route 128' as well as his early Silicon Valley. To see more, you can visit him at www.kirbyscudder.com and at https://www.youtube.com/user/TheKirbyscudder

With its roots back to the 1870's the Kroll Map Company has been a regional mapmaker that adapted and grew, just like its home town of Seattle. Here, we get to speak with John Loacker, the third generation owner of the company about its history, its evolution and its future. In conversation we learn about their work throughout the Pacific Northwest, and their deep 'Passion for Place'

While you might know him for a series of maps that looked at Sports history from Baseball, Football, Golf, and more. You really know, and believe his work from movies such as 'Return of the Jedi', 'The Goonies', 'E.T.' and more. Here a discussion with Frank Ordaz about his work and how it began with a transcendent moment.

He is your visual guide to understanding the slopes, and his work has taken him around the globe. Here an interview with James Niehues about his history, his process and how to capture the drama of a mountains experience and make it accessible.

He was a artist and illustrator active in the Bay Area as the Silicon Valley phenomena began to bloom, and his map may be one of the first to document it. A discussion with Corbin Hillam about his work and culture of early 80's Bay Area culture. While you listen, you can review the map through the David Rumsey Map Collection... bit.ly/2Y77Afj

An old quote claims that 'Writing about music is like dancing about architecture'... in other words some things don't translate. But one artist with a unique process and history has found a work around. Emek Golan has done album covers, artwork and posters for some of the most influential artists of the time, and is known visualizations that go deeper and catch some of the intangible qualities that make artists unique. Visit him at Emek.net

The making of data driven beauty. Maximilian Noichl centers in the world of philosophy, and with an elegant aesthetic he draws on influences like Japanese artist Numata Kashu. The end result is a mesh of two worlds, one of subtlety and texture, and another of very binary data which render into a series of visualizations that are accessible and defining. Its engaging work that brings floods of data into enjoyable waves. Discussion of the 'Structures of Philosophy' begins... 7:50 https://homepage.univie.ac.at/noichlm94/posts/structure-of-recent-philosophy-iii/ 'That's a Lot of Psychology' 13:20 https://homepage.univie.ac.at/noichlm94/posts/citlargepsy/ 'Relations in Hellenistic Philosophy' 17:00 https://homepage.univie.ac.at/noichlm94/posts/greeks/

He's the renegade artist that has lived life on his own terms and made art free of sophistication and pretense, but packed with life and 'low brow' ethos. Part of the group that founded Zap Comics in the late 1960's, one time artist for Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth, and the founder of Juxtapoz magazine. While it was assured that he'd never be part of the established art world, by 2010, his skill and body of work got him into the prestigious Whitney Biennial. It's a great honor and fun moment to speak with Robert Williams

An interview with the Daughter & Son of Clyde W. Tombaugh, the discoverer of planet Pluto. Annette and Alden Tombaugh discuss their father's life, discoveries, his curiosity and patient determination.

Within the last several decades, great leaps of understanding have occurred around how humans navigate their environment and what mechanisms in the brain allow this elegant understanding. This interview with Dr Marius Bauza gives us an update on the latest discoveries and clarity on the foundation understanding of the Hippocampus, the source of human GPS

In what may be the first depiction of the newly developing invisible world of the internet, Timothy Downs made images to help people explore and navigate the new digital frontiers. In the early 1990's his love of electronics and his refined ability to illustrate combined to unveil new technologies and demystify an opaque world of computing.

She was the first to make a map of the complex eco-system of businesses that would become the garden of Eden for the Internet age, Silicon Valley. At the time she described the energy of the south bay area communities as volcanic, as the land swelled with new ideas and potentials. And its Maryanne Hoburg's map that captures a glimpse of that complex world that was gathering momentum. This is part of a conversation we were privileged to have with that warm, creative soul, Maryanne Hoburg.