Blue Crow Media

Blue Crow Media
Founded2010
FounderDerek Lamberton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
DistributionCentral Books
Publication typesMaps
Nonfiction topicsArchitecture
Official websitewww.bluecrowmedia.com

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]

References

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