Terra Nullius - "Land belonging to no-one"



For a higher resolution image, placement photos etc, please go to:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualmenagerie/



This map of the world was inspired by a few things, most of all Salvador Dali's 'Surrealist Map of the World'.



Apart from the John Lennon 'imagine no countries' peace message, this is not intended as a political statement.



I have tried to be careful about the placement of various nations and have tried to avoid controversial placements. The only rule was that each country had to end up on a different continent to their real one. Apart from that, it was random (with the exception of the substitution of Austria for my own country, Australia - we get confused a lot, apparently).



I hope that no-one is offended by any downsizing or perceived marginalisation of their nation.



Keen geographers will probably notice that some countries have been placed in geographical spots that were formerly a territory (usually an island) belonging to a larger nation. I did this because it looked better. A few new countries have been created (Greenland, because it sounds so good and also has a promising, non-violent independence movement). I am sure I've accidentally disappeared a few nations too - apologies, it was not intended.



Some of the text will be quite small on a printed shirt, but still visible with a bit of physical intimacy. The idea is that at first glance it will look like a normal map of the world then gradually emerge as something different.

lol @ Portugal

This has gotta b a print!!! 5$!

This is funny, and I like the typography a lot!

Funniest shirt Ive seen this week!

Ha ha!

****ing great design!

Nice!

Good one! 5$$$$$$$$$$$

What the world needs now. 5

favorite.

Those bloody estonians and their cricket!

I'd like to see it wrap around one side, that way you don't lose any text because of sizing issues.

cleverrr

Like! $

Very nice handdrawing. 5

Awesome!!!!!!!!!

I'll just pop me lederhosen on then! Top design mate!

very interesting. i like.

This makes me happy. 5$$

Absolutely perfect :)

This is amazing! I want to buy this shirt!

This is great, I'd love to wear this!!

VERY nice. (I can't find Canada).

You've used San Marino twice and you've split existing countries up into smaller pieces (this shouldn't be necessary, you should have the same number of names as you do depicted countries.) Serbia and Montenegro are two separate countries.

As a Geography major, I wholeheartedly support this.

lovely idea!

Thanks, Squatter John, I knew there was something wrong with this map.



No, seriously, I appreciate it and will axe one of the San Marinos and replace with with a newly detached Montenegro.



And thanks everyone for the nice comments!

And Spookyfox, Canada is, of course, immediately north-west of Spain.

Great concept!

Hahaha, very yes! I am all about this.



It's nice to read how much thought you put into the design. It really shows. Also, I adore your handwriting.



$5!

this is really brilliant, It is thought provoking - well done

Another great tee!

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DUDE. i love this.... im like 25 cents Portuguese, and some kid in hs once told me that "PORTUGAL IS JUST SPAINS PARKING LOT." revenge on that guy, whoever he was!

I like what you are saying with this - great job!

Really cool concept! Nice work.

:D!!!

m only question is how did NZ turn into two countries???

Where is this spare country from?

But I love and I want

Olywe, thanks for the love, and re NZ:



"Keen geographers will probably notice that some countries have been placed in geographical spots that were formerly a territory (usually an island) belonging to a larger nation. I did this because it looked better. A few new countries have been created (Greenland, because it sounds so good and also has a promising, non-violent independence movement). I am sure I've accidentally disappeared a few nations too - apologies, it was not intended."

I was going to give this a 4, but when I saw that Belgium and the US were touching, I bumped it up to a 5$. It would make my long distance relationship so much simpler. :)

I think Spain got off easy.

They didn't have to move very far at all.

Shaft!

5! Where's Mexico?

Cool. I like the idea. ;)

this is great!

really cool. I've never felt prouder of my Congolese heritage!

This deserves a 5 just for all of the thought that went into it. Jeez!

where did we go? (australia that is) i cant find it! argh

love the idea, and the execution, the whole thing really! :) great job

in a way, reminds me of Paula Scher. Fun idea

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Thanks again for all the comments.



And to answer a couple of questions, Mexico is where Croatia usually is and Australia where Bhutan is.

Go Portugal!

no turkey ? :O

I like it, but it's a bit overwhelming

a print of this would be nice though

A simple idea, but really a brilliant!

I like it a lot, I'd even buy it as a print!



5$





Rema999's silly slogans

I love Dali! I named my dog after him! She has a cool mustache too!

Great! I love it!



I thought it would be funny if the U.S. were in Iraq....oh wait, that's really happening.

Thank you to everyone for the scoring and the comments - I really appreciate it!



I'm very happy with the 2.89 - a major step forward from my previous high score of 1.71!

yeah!, this is above the average print score in 2008



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oh man, i missed this, but it's very cool! nice work

i love designs involving maps.