Meet Purple Lizard

Purple Lizard is the independent publishing and design firm of Michael Hermann. Purple Lizard is involved in cartographic design projects in many places, but is based in Pennsylvania.

Michael is an award winning map designer with a diverse background in recreational and eco-tourism maps, historical atlas design, textbook maps, specialty maps for authors and publishers (book, journal and magazine), street maps, campus maps, statistical graphics, courtroom graphics and signage and wayfinding systems for pedestrian and motorists. He works closely with the University of Maine and Penn State as a map designer. His favorite genre of map design is recreational maps, because what he loves most is recreating. When he isn't drawing trail maps, he likes to explore those trails by foot or on his mountain bike, kayak, canoe or Toyota Land Cruiser. Because Michael believes the best part of being a map maker is actually getting lost in the landscapes he is mapping.

Purple Lizard Maps

PO Box 769  State College, PA 16804

mike@purplelizard.com