There is a really great blog called Design Crisis that covered this and is where I stole this image from. They wrote a really good and concise article about this trend: http://design-crisis.com/?s=topography
The style is derived from very literal and sometimes not so literal interpretations of topographic maps. You can read about this on design crisis and other trend sites.
Regardless of the reasons for the rise of this trend or it's general absence from mainstream design, I like it. So I created this Topography clock I call Elevation.
I wanted it to be a simple interpretation of the trend so that it can fit into as many environments as possible and at the same time be made at a price that the average consumer can swallow.
I think I achieved both of those goals but the mystery is does anyone else think so?
