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episode 41: Lionel Portier: “What I'm trying to convey with my maps is the pleasure of seeing beautiful things.”
Lyonnais illustrator and designer Lionel Portier on a mapmaking career that spans 30 years and five continents, accepting any map challenge an art director might conceive, a travel magazine gig that led to an Australian passport, painting 100 birds for a wetland park, his favorite territory to illustrate, spending three months on a 3x4-ft. map of Bruges, why he never carries a sketchbook on a walk, and conveying with his maps the “pleasure of seeing beautiful things.” See his work at lionelportier.com
- A Bird’s Eye View of Bruges
- The Travels of Nicolas Baudin (the map that induced Lionel to move to Australia)
- France’s "Iron Belt" of Vauban Forts
- Bird illustrations for the Hong Kong Wetland Park and Museum
- MC Escher’s Day and Night
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