Design
How Fractals Bring Imaginary Cities to Life
Artist Emily Garfield maps places that don't exist. "I think that's related to the way cities grow in real life."
Emily Garfield like to say that she grows cities. With pen, ink, and watercolor, the Boston-based artist creates maps of imaginary places that tap into the essence of urban form.
"They evolve as I draw," she says of her free-form cartographs. "I think that's related to the way cities grow in real life."