Thought for Food

A unfolding map to what must have been a magical wedding by designer Pier Gustafson. (Link to his wonderful site via Cup of Jo.)

He writes:

Here’s a fun map designed for wedding far, far, far up in the White Mountains. The small, select group of guests were starting from either Hartford, Northampton, Boston or Manchester. As they unfolded this map (from the bottom), they easily locate their starting points on the first exposed panel.  As they unfold the map further they find their car, and those of their fellow guests driving ever northward.

When the geography of the map requires more “realism”, I provide a more traditional map including town names, and mileage markers. They eventually reach their goal.

After all that driving, I felt it was necessary to have a climax of some sort. As you unfold the last two panels you see the punchline: “Ta Da”, calligraphed in the clouds out of which eminate lightning bolts and the nattily dressed “Hand of God.” He points to the X on the map marking the location of the wedding.

His watch tells you what time He expects you to be there: Sat, June 25, noon, MMV (AD).

I had planned to include “3,529,046,021 shopping days til the Last Judgement”, but there wasn’t room for it on the dial.