Blue Crow Media Explained

Blue Crow Media is a London-based independent map and app publisher founded in 2010 by Derek Lamberton.^[1] Its early publications include a series of food and drink city guides,^{[2] [3]} and since 2015 the publisher has put out a series of “handsome architectural guides”.^[4] The New York Times has described the maps as "part design manifesto, part urban architecture guide".^[5]

History

In 2015 Blue Crow Media published their first architecture guide, Brutalist London Map,^[6] which was followed by Art Deco London Map,^[7] Constructivist Moscow Map,^[8] Brutalist Washington Map,^[9] Modern Berlin Map,^[10] Brutalist Paris Map,^[11] Brutalist Sydney Map,^[12] Modernist Belgrade Map,^[13] Brutalist Boston Map,^[14] Concrete New York Map,^[15] and Concrete Tokyo Map.^[16] London Underground Architecture & Design Map^[17] by Mark Ovenden is the first in a new series dedicated to the architecture and design of public transport systems.^[18] In 2017, Blue Crow Media’s Lamberton was shortlisted by Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards for the London Book Fair Innovation in Travel Publishing Award.^[19]

External links

• Website

References

1. Web site: Miller. Greg. Tour the Decaying Beauty of Soviet Moscow With This New Map. https://web.archive.org/web/20160905172821/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/new-map-soviet-architecture/. dead. 5 September 2016. National Geographic. National Geographic. 29 March 2017.
2. Web site: Brustein. Joshua. Having a Beer With a Smartphone. The New York Times. 29 March 2017.
3. Web site: Tedeschi. Bob. For Coffee Fans, a Collection of Virtual Treasure Maps. The New York Times. 29 March 2017.
4. Web site: Rhodes. Margaret. Explore a Lovely Map of Berlin's 20th Century Architecture. Wired.com. Wired. 29 March 2017.
5. News: Love Urban Architecture? There Are Maps for That. Moroz. Sarah. 2017-09-30. The New York Times. 2017-11-17. en-US. 0362-4331.
6. Web site: Byrnes. Mark. A Perfect Map For Exploring London's Brutalist Buildings. CityLab. The Atlantic. 29 March 2017.
7. Web site: Aron. Isabelle. Find all the art deco buildings in London on this handy map. Time Out. Time Out.
8. Web site: Miller. Greg. Tour the Decaying Beauty of Soviet Moscow With This New Map. https://web.archive.org/web/20160905172821/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/new-map-soviet-architecture/. dead. 5 September 2016. National Geographic. National Geographic. 29 March 2017.
9. Web site: Lopez. Natalina. New Map Celebrates Washington D.C's Brutalist Architecture. Arch Daily. Arch Daily. 29 March 2017.
10. Web site: Thorpe. Harriet. Mapped out: explore the streets of Berlin through Bauhaus and brutalism. Wallpaper. Time Inc. 29 March 2017.
11. Web site: Sieber. Daya. City guide Blue Crow Media Architecture Go!. Architecture Digest. Conde Nast. 29 March 2017.
12. News: The Battle to Protect Sydney's Brutalist Buildings. Broadsheet. 2017-11-17. en.
13. Web site: A map celebrates 50 Brutalist architecture buildings of Belgrade. Planet. Lonely. www.lonelyplanet.com. en. 2017-11-17.
14. News: Brutalist Boston Map unfolds the story of the city's most controversial buildings Architecture Wallpaper* Magazine. Magazine. Wallpaper*. 2017-09-06. Wallpaper*. 2017-11-17.
15. News: New York's innovative concrete buildings celebrated in a new map. Curbed NY. 2017-11-17.
16. News: Architecture Lovers Shouldn't Visit Tokyo Without This Map Architectural Digest. Architectural Digest. 2017-11-17. en.
17. Book: Ovenden, Mark. London Underground Architecture & Design Map. Blue Crow Media. 2017. 9781912018666. London.
18. News: London Underground Architecture & Design Map - Creative Review. 2017-11-13. Creative Review. 2017-11-17. en-US.
19. Web site: London Book Fair Innovation in Travel Publishing. Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. Edward Stanford. 29 March 2017.