In a celebration of diversity and culture from different countries this is a series of maps of countries in Europe. The names of the nations are typed in the language of the country pictured and the colors used are taken from flags of the different nations. The text is set in a typeface called Coucher Sans developed by mobilità studio. Enjoy the maps and the typeface in these highly decorative prints.

ITALIA

The land of history, design, vespas, beautiful cars, great movies, fabulous food and the best dressed people.

Italy as we know it is a fairly modern country. It was conceived when Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi united the smaller kingdoms (many dominated by foreign countries) situated on the Italian peninsula in 1861 and created the Kingdom of Italy with King Vittorio Emanuele II as head of state.

Garibaldi started his attempts to unite Italy in the 1830s, first together with Giuseppe Mazzini who also wanted to create a democratic republican government through his secret society Young Italy. Garibaldi did however change sides and started working with the monarchist Count of Cavour who also wanted to unite Italy although not as a republic but with the king of Piemonte-Sardinia, Vittorio Emanuele II as head of state.

Taking sides with the monarchists led to Garibaldi being incarcerated and sentenced to death. He managed to escape and flee to South America where he stayed for 14 years before returning to Italy to continue his plans for unification which he was able to complete on March 17, 1861.

Because of their work to unite Italy most towns and cities has a Corso Garibaldi, a Piazza Cavour or a Galleria Mazzini.

Product information

The size 40x50 cm (approx 16x20”) are signed and printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Bright White 310g archival paper and are sold in a limited edition of 50 prints.

The size 30x40 cm (approx 12x16”) are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Studio Enhanced 210g archival paper.