Hajime Narukawa is a Tokyo-based architect and artist. He has developed the authagraphing mapping projection method that was selected as the official mapping tool by the Japanese National Museum of Emerging Science and innovation.
This map falls into the sensational category of the “most accurate world map” that occasionally makes the rounds on social media once every few months. In reality, this image falls into the category of equal-area world map projections, meaning it preserves relative land mass sizes more so than a regular map does.
You can find the original article here: http://narukawa-lab.jp/archives/authagraph-map/
DSGN 264-401 | Fall 2020 