Watercolor Maps by Stamen Design

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Stamen founder Eric Rodenbeck is interviewed about Watercolor Maps, a website that displays digital maps rendered as if painted by hand. He is a white man with a long red beard, and medium-long hair combed back, seated at a table. He wears a dark grey suit with red pinstripes. Over his left shoulder is a large screen displaying the Watercolor Maps website. While he talks, he uses a mouse to manipulate the screen behind him, showing various locations (Seattle, Paris, New York and other locations) rendered in shades of blues, greens, oranges, reds, purples and yellows as if painted by hand in watercolors.