P.O. Box 571 Orono, Maine 04473


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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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