A material study / 019
Lisbon Map Room
Vellum, sea-chart blue & teak.
An imagined map room where pale paper, blue tile and dark wood turn the colours of a chart into an interior.
01 / The palette
Six colors, one atmosphere.
Screen colors are authored interpretations. Material photographs show surface character; they are not calibrated color samples.
02 / Play with the composition
Chart the balance.
Give paper the largest area. Use a darker navigator blue for the frame and a lighter sea blue within it. Teak anchors the room; tile adds a rhythm close to the floor or desk.
Composition balance / Total 100%
Starting points
Adjust the six palette colors
Explore the pattern and material proportions. The room views are fixed interpretations; the live composition responds to your settings.
Original palette · Map-room library · Tile motif: Compass · Paper: 50% · Sea: 30% · Teak: 20% · Vellum: 40%; Chart Sea: 20%; Gold Leaf: 8%; Azulejo Blue: 10%; Navigator Blue: 12%; Teak: 10%
03 / Translate
From a room to an interface.
The interface
Objects, rooms & materials
Rooms for the curious.
An imagined map room where pale paper, blue tile and dark wood turn the colours of a chart into an interior.
The same palette. Different roles.
Materials
The ingredients.
An imagined setting.
A contemporary interpretation,
with references kept beside the study.
Take away
Take the study with you.
Sources & interpretation
The illustrated atlas attributed to Fernão Vaz Dourado offers a reference for the material language of charts, parchment and colour. The maps in this imagined study are decorative compositions, not navigational documents.
The palette follows the authored material references in this collection. Room, object and material imagery were created for this study. These are imagined settings, with no affiliation to the fictional interface brands.
The controls explore screen composition, not physical pigment recipes or material measurements. Image rights · Image permissions