Researching MAPS FOR KIDS at Letterform Archive

RJ's Vulnerable Voyage Part 2

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Letterform Archive is a San Francisco nonprofit center for inspiration, education, publishing, and community in graphic design open to all who love letters.

I recently asked them to help me find references from their collection for Maps For Kids. This is what greeted me when I arrived for my visit—

—two tables brimming with a fortune of inspiration.

I want to tell you about how I arranged this visit (and how you can too!), what I saw there, and what I learned.

But first, I’m spilling my guts today—getting personal and showing my secrets. It is too sensitive to share completely in public, so the rest of this edition is for paying subscribers.