Design by Michael Hermann
Purple Lizard is the independent publishing and design firm of Michael Hermann. Purple Lizard was conceived in Colorado, hatched in Pennsylvania, and now lives in Maine.
I am the Senior Cartographer with the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine in Orono. For my comprehensive project history click here.
My interest covers a broad spectrum of digital cartography, map and information design:
Historical atlas design, recreational and eco-tourism maps, specialty maps for authors and publishers (book, journal and magazine), street maps, campus maps, statistical graphics, courtroom graphics, signage and wayfinding systems for pedestrian and motorists.
Examples of my work
write to Michael Hermann
mike at purplelizard dot com (this is spelled out to escape the searchbots)
globehead surfing
NACIS.org
CartoTalk
The Map Room
atlas(t)
information aesthetics
urbancartography
veryspatial
Edward Tufte
Glow Lab
social design
strange maps
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Purple Lizard Maps
Purple Lizard Maps are sold throughout Central Pennsylvania.
Rothrock Trail Map
State College & Centre County Street Map
Fun stuff from my past and present
Lizard Tracks: my newspaper columns from the Centre Daily Times 1998-2000, outdoor recreation, hiking, biking, driving and other rants
Grove Innovations shop history
Into Nissan Pathfinders?
Into Toyota Land Cruisers?
Expeditions and roadtrips
Expedition travel is my favorite form of exploration. Perhaps I have gypsy blood, wanderlust...call it what you will, but I love following roads that I haven't been on. It's even better if they are poor quality dirt roads, and downright perfect if they aren't on the maps. Since I make my living as a mapmaker, I have a perverse attraction to exploring questionable roads and trails...there are few things I prefer more than being lost.
This is a new section so it will take a while to add these trips: for now only the James Bay trip is live.
Any given day: Maine adventures
2007: The James Bay Trip
2005: The Labrador Trip
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