<img width="640" height="308" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Watercolor_Maptiles_SI_landing_page_no_URL_no_CH_screenshot-1024x493.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Watercolor map of New York City" loading="lazy" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Watercolor_Maptiles_SI_landing_page_no_URL_no_CH_screenshot-1024x493.png 1024w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Watercolor_Maptiles_SI_landing_page_no_URL_no_CH_screenshot-300x144.png 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Watercolor_Maptiles_SI_landing_page_no_URL_no_CH_screenshot-170x82.png 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Watercolor_Maptiles_SI_landing_page_no_URL_no_CH_screenshot.png 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="39942" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/behind-the-design-watercolor-maptiles-05-18-2021/watercolor_maptiles_si_landing_page_no_url_no_ch_screenshot/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Watercolor_Maptiles_SI_landing_page_no_URL_no_CH_screenshot.png" data-orig-size="1440,693" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Watercolor_Maptiles_SI_landing_page_no_URL_no_CH_screenshot" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Watercolor_Maptiles_SI_landing_page_no_URL_no_CH_screenshot-300x144.png" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Watercolor_Maptiles_SI_landing_page_no_URL_no_CH_screenshot-1024x493.png" /><p>In the latest installment in the Behind the Design program series. Curator Andrea Lipps, conservator Jessica Walthew, and Stamen Design’s founder and creative director Eric Rodenbeck discuss Watercolor Maptiles—a web-based, open-source mapping tool that displays OpenStreetMap’s data with the hand-hewn textures of watercolor paint. Launched by Stamen Design in 2012, Watercolor Maptiles is part of...</p><p>The post <a href="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2021/06/24/behind-the-design-watercolor-maptiles/">Behind the Design | Watercolor Maptiles</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.cooperhewitt.org">Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum</a>.</p>
