A world map/graph/visual representation of hitch-hiking around the world. Not hitch-hiking AROUND the world, but, well, you know what I mean.



What started out as a little graphic/typographic experiment, suddenly became an indepth study into the stats and state of 'thumbing-it" across the globe.



The signs position are in relation to their countries position, but the sizes of the crude sign represents the popularity of hitching. So, the bigger the cardboard sign the more popular and acceptable hitch hiking is, and therefore the greater the level of success. Countries that share borders are shown to overlap.



This was a fun little project, and hopefully will be something a little different in the "Threadless Loves Travel' competition.



Hopefully it may even prove to be a useful aid to a lost and lonely hitch-hiker one day.



The links will be pulling in at a lay-by a comment or two below, waiting to whisk you off to the bigger detailed views and via a colour option. It's probably worth mentioning too that the 'key' element of the design will be placed a lot lower on the shirt than it appears on the design above.



Thanks for your votes and comments

Really cool idea, like the illustration, and the research you've done into it is really clever. Good stuff, hope you get through!

kewl idea!

kool

very cool concept!

Kool! 5€



But why o why did you leave Denmark out of this!

Very nice man.



Very nice indeed!

This is a very very cool idea - one of the best for the theme. Great work.

Awesome, nice and simple or is it?

Wicked, thanks guys



Hop on one of the links to see the bigger colour options

Maroon

Navy

Awesome! I'm also excited to read that hitchhiking is still popular in lots of places- I wanna go do some hitchin

wow, amazing idea!!! no hitchhiking in China?

5$

yea man, excellent work. the details behind the design make it much cooler

Apparently not jasmintee. I was kinda suprised myself at some of the countries where it isn't popular. Japan for example, when i was there i found the people to be mega-polite and helpful, but the chance of gettin a lift is very low.

the idea is really cool, but could the map be a little more map-ish?

i didn't see that it was a map and after that it looks like a bunch of cardboard w/ names on them. the work is good, but i had to read the description. regardless, w/o knowing what the heck is going on, it still looks interesting on the tee....so kudos.

why's there so little of africa?

great idea!

This is one of my favourites - Love it!

this is really clever!

I'm so bad with geography, I need this!

Yes! *Pumps Fist*

Nigeria!

Yay! Thank you!











P.S. Love it. :D

very interesting idea. Luv it! :) 5

Awesome idea! Maybe I'm blind but i didn't notice Cuba? Now I haven't been there but i have been picked up by many people originally from there who tell me hitching is quite the norm.

Very clever! You've done your research on this one ;) It's a really original idea, I like it.

so so clever, nice!

too bad there's like forty million "world countries view" teeshirts around now.

so nice...

The world is yours! Excellent!

Thanks guys : )

I like it :)



you have missed some countries off though.

Brazil is bigger than it!!

ahaha, nice

very cool--useful and nice to look at, great work man

HAHA-cute!

I think it would be cool if some of the larger countries (ie US and Canada) had bigger signs.



5.

really nice concept, and it looks great on the shirt. well done!

Thanks folks