{"title":"Wooden World Maps 3D","description":"\u003ch3\u003eContinents that stand off the wall\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach continent is cut from several plies of birch plywood, stacked so that the land sits proud of the surface and throws its own shadow. Mountain regions stand tallest. On the taped maps there is no backing board and no frame: the wall is the ocean, and the map is only the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat is what separates a 3D map from a printed one. The relief changes as the light moves, so the map looks different in the morning than it does under a lamp at night. Two of the maps here come framed on a printed chart-grey ocean instead, and one is a map of France rather than the world – both are covered below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy six versions of the same map?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the finish changes more than the colour. The engraving, the layer construction and the country outlines are identical across all six; what changes is how the countries separate from each other, and that decides how the map behaves on a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLight\u003c\/strong\u003e is the palest, closest to bare birch, where the shadow between layers does most of the work. \u003cstrong\u003eAmber\u003c\/strong\u003e lays a honey stain over that same pale ground, so countries separate by tone as well as by depth. \u003cstrong\u003eDark\u003c\/strong\u003e runs many warm browns from cream to walnut, which keeps the borders legible from across a room. \u003cstrong\u003eChocolate\u003c\/strong\u003e narrows that to two alternating tones and reads as marquetry. \u003cstrong\u003eGraphite\u003c\/strong\u003e steps furthest from the wood tones, slate and near-black with sand and copper countries scattered through. \u003cstrong\u003eMulticolor\u003c\/strong\u003e is the only one where countries differ in hue as well as depth, which makes it the easiest to read as a map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich finish suits which room?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pale finishes want light from the side more than they want a dark wall: on white in flat light they read as texture, lit from one side they read as an object. The dark finishes carry a wall on their own and need it plain. Graphite in particular suits rooms that already have wood in them and cannot take more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMulticolor is the one to choose if the map will be used rather than looked at: pointing at countries, tracing routes, explaining where somewhere is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is engraved on the map?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCountry names and borders, capitals marked with a star, US states, Canadian provinces and Australian states, cut individually into each piece. On the pale countries the lettering reads from across a room; on the darker ones it is quieter and asks you to come closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe six world maps are offered with English or French lettering, chosen on the product page; everything else about the map is identical. The map of France is engraved in French only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow big is a wooden world map on a real wall?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe world maps run from one metre across to two metres, with an 80 cm size on Multicolor only. A rectangle grows in both directions at once, so the step from M to L is larger than the numbers suggest: the L covers more than twice the wall of the M, and the XL four times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe two framed panels are 90 and 110 cm wide, and the map of France 50 cm, roughly the size of a large framed photograph. Measure the space before choosing. A map that is too small for its wall looks lost in a way that a map slightly too large never does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDo you need to drill?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo. The continents go up on double-sided tape, piece by piece, positioned with the paper template in the box, so nothing is drilled and nothing is permanent. Taking a map down again needs a hairdryer to loosen the tape, and fresh tape to put it back up elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAllow a few hours. It is closer to hanging wallpaper than to hanging a picture, and a second pair of hands helps. The framed panels skip all of this: they arrive assembled and hang from a single hook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIs it a decorative object or an accurate map?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA decorative object. At this scale small countries and island groups are simplified or left out and coastlines are smoothed. If you need geographic precision, a printed map serves better.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"carte-du-monde-en-bois-3d-multicolore","title":"3D Wooden World Map Multicolor","description":"\u003ch3\u003eEvery neighbour a different wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMulticolor is the only finish where the countries differ in hue as well as in depth. Alongside the creams and browns of the other maps there is a warm terracotta, a rust red, a cold slate grey and an olive-tinged brown, distributed so that neighbouring countries almost never share a shade. Mauritania is orange-red beside a pale grey Algeria; Niger sits slate against a walnut Nigeria; Sudan is rust against a cream Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe map is not painted. Every one of those shades is stained wood, so the grain runs through each country and the surface stays matt and open rather than glossy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy it is the most legible map we make\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause neighbouring countries almost never repeat a colour, nearly every border is unambiguous without needing the engraved line or the physical step to explain it. On the single-tone finishes you sometimes have to look twice to see where one country ends. Here you almost never do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat makes it the finish for anyone who will actually use the map – pointing at countries, tracing routes, explaining where somewhere is. It is also the one children read most easily, which is worth knowing if it is going into a family room rather than an office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe trade-off, stated plainly\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVariety is the whole design, and it makes this the busiest object in the range. In a room that already has pattern – patterned rugs, gallery walls, wallpaper, open shelving full of colour – it adds to the load rather than resolving it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt works best on a plain wall with a fairly quiet room around it, where it becomes the one complicated thing in the space. That is the opposite of the advice for Light or Amber, which need something else in the room to react against.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eRelief that has to compete\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach continent is stacked from several plies and stands off the wall. On this finish the shadow is not what separates the countries, since the colour already does that; instead the relief adds a second layer of information on top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe practical consequence is that this map suffers least from bad lighting. Under flat overhead light, where a monochrome map goes visually dead, this one still reads because the colours carry it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEngraving across many grounds\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCountry names, borders, capitals, US states, Canadian provinces and Australian states are engraved individually. Since the backgrounds vary, the lettering does too: crisp and dark on the cream and sand countries, quieter on the terracotta and the slate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the shades alternate constantly across the map, the clearly readable names are spread throughout rather than clustered in one region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEnglish or French\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same map is engraved with all its lettering in either language, chosen above: country names, capitals, ocean names, states and provinces. Everything else is identical – the same plies, the same borders, the same accessories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThink about who will read it rather than where it will hang. If the map is for someone who will stand in front of it and look for places, their own language is the one to choose; if it is chosen for the look, either works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe small one\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMulticolor is the only finish offered in a fourth, smaller size alongside the usual three – small enough for a hallway, a child's room or a first flat, and the simplest way into these maps. The same stains, the same layered relief, less wall required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it ages\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMultiple stains change at slightly different rates, and over years the palette softens as a whole: the reds warm, the greys lose a little of their coldness, the creams drift toward straw. The relationships between countries hold, so it ages as one object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirect sunlight remains the risk, and here it is the reds that go first. On a sunlit wall the terracotta countries lose their distinction from the browns, and the map's defining quality – that neighbours almost never repeat – begins to weaken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it sits in the range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-chocolate\"\u003eChocolate\u003c\/a\u003e is the most restrained finish we make, this is its opposite. \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-light\"\u003eLight\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-amber\"\u003eAmber\u003c\/a\u003e let the wood be the subject; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-dark\"\u003eDark\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-graphite\"\u003eGraphite\u003c\/a\u003e set a mood with tone. Multicolor is the only one built around usefulness, where the design exists to make the map easier to read. The map underneath is the same – only the finish changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. Small countries and island groups are simplified or omitted at this scale, and coastlines are smoothed. If you need geographic precision, a printed map serves better.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"S (80*55 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691245187,"sku":"CM060","price":99.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"S (80*55 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691212419,"sku":"CM061","price":99.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691114115,"sku":"CM001","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691081347,"sku":"CM026","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691048579,"sku":"CM004","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691015811,"sku":"CM029","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691179651,"sku":"CM009","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691146883,"sku":"CM032","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/XL-2-1_8e391255-1cf8-4a97-bc73-512fe1e68a58.jpg?v=1780866704"},{"product_id":"carte-du-monde-en-bois-3d-ambree","title":"3D Wooden World Map Amber","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHoney over pale wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmber sits between the pale Light finish and the browns. The base stays close to natural birch, and a warm honey stain is laid over parts of it, so most of the map is pale with individual countries pulled forward in tan and gold. Turkey, Kazakhstan, Libya and Sudan carry the strongest colour; Egypt, Niger and Saudi Arabia stay almost bare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wood grain remains visible through the whole thing. On the pale countries you see it directly; on the stained ones it shows through the colour, since the stain deepens the wood rather than covering it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat being light does on a wall\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the finish that adds a map to a room without adding weight to it. Pale walls take it easily, and it does not darken a small space the way the browns can. In a room with a lot of white and natural wood it belongs rather than announces itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse is also true and worth knowing before you order. Against a very pale wall the contrast is low, and from across a large room the map reads as texture rather than as a distinct object. If you want something that carries a wall on its own, the darker finishes do that better – or give Amber a genuinely dark wall, where the gold glows, which is exactly how we photograph it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShadow does the work here\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the surface is pale and the tonal contrast between countries is modest, the relief is what defines the map. Each continent is stacked from several plies and stands off the wall, and on a light ground those shadows read as clean dark lines around every landmass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLighting matters here more than you might expect. Under a lamp to one side the map gains structure and the continents separate sharply; under flat overhead light it softens and flattens. Some people move a lamp after hanging it – it is worth trying before deciding where the map lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEngraving on a pale ground\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCountry names, borders, capitals, US states, Canadian provinces and Australian states are engraved individually. On this finish the laser burns noticeably darker than the surface, so the lettering is as crisp as anything we make – brown text on cream, legible from across a room on almost every country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf someone is likely to stand in front of the map and read it, this is a finish that supports that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEnglish or French\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same map is engraved with all its lettering in either language, chosen above: country names, capitals, ocean names, states and provinces. Everything else is identical – the same plies, the same borders, the same accessories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThink about who will read it rather than where it will hang. If the map is for someone who will stand in front of it and look for places, their own language is the one to choose; if it is chosen for the look, either works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAgeing, and the one honest warning\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePale wood changes more visibly than dark wood. Birch warms naturally over years, drifting from cream toward straw, and that will happen here whatever you do – evenly, across the whole map, which looks like age rather than damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirect sunlight is different and is the thing to avoid on this finish more than on any other. Sun bleaches the honey stain faster than it warms the bare wood, so a sunlit map loses its contrast: the stained countries drift toward the pale ones and the design flattens. Away from a sunlit wall, dusted dry, it holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAmber or Light\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey are the two pale finishes and they answer different needs. \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-light\"\u003eLight\u003c\/a\u003e stays within cream, straw and pale greige, and its variation is quiet. Amber introduces deliberate colour, so the countries separate by tone as well as by shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChoose Light if you want the wood itself to be the subject. Choose Amber if you want the map to be readable as a map while staying pale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. Small countries and island groups are simplified or omitted at this scale, and coastlines are smoothed. If you need geographic precision, a printed map serves better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe same map, six ways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmber is one of six finishes. \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-light\"\u003eLight\u003c\/a\u003e is the palest, cream and straw under a clear coat; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-dark\"\u003eDark\u003c\/a\u003e is a many-toned warm brown and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-chocolate\"\u003eChocolate\u003c\/a\u003e the deepest of the warm family; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-graphite\"\u003eGraphite\u003c\/a\u003e leaves the wood tones for slate; and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-multicolor\"\u003eMulticolor\u003c\/a\u003e mixes every stain in the workshop. The map underneath is the same – only the finish changes. Multicolor is also the only finish cut in a smaller fourth size, S.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691376259,"sku":"CM022","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691343491,"sku":"CM039","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691310723,"sku":"CM023","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691277955,"sku":"CM042","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691441795,"sku":"CM035","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691409027,"sku":"CM045","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/AmbreeL.png?v=1780866708"},{"product_id":"carte-du-monde-en-bois-3d-chocolat","title":"3D Wooden World Map Chocolate","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTwo tones, alternating\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChocolate is the most restrained finish we make. Rather than distributing many shades across the map, it works with essentially two: a warm honey oak and a dark smoked brown, alternating from country to country. Poland light, Germany dark, Turkey light, Kazakhstan dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is closer to marquetry than to a painted map. It reads as inlaid woodwork, and the eye follows the alternation rather than looking for a colour it recognises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the alternation matters\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause only two tones are in play, most borders are a full tonal switch rather than a gradual shift. Egypt against Sudan, Iran against Iraq – light against dark, the whole way round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat gives this finish an unusual quality on a wall. From a distance it resolves into a pattern of interlocking light and dark shapes, and the fact that the shapes are countries becomes secondary. People notice it as a graphic object before they notice it is a map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe deepest of the warm finishes, and what that asks of the room\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf the wood-toned finishes this sits deepest. Against white it produces a strong graphic contrast. Against dark green, navy or an exposed brick wall it settles in rather than competing, which the paler finishes cannot do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it will not tolerate is a busy background. The alternating pattern is itself a pattern, and wallpaper underneath turns both into visual noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShadow on a dark ground\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe continents are stacked from several plies, so the land stands off the wall and throws a shadow. Here that shadow falls onto surfaces that are already dark, which means the relief is carried by the tonal alternation rather than by the shadow itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSide lighting changes this map less than it changes the paler finishes. If your wall is evenly lit, this is the finish that suffers least from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEngraving, split between the two tones\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCountry names, borders, capitals, US states, Canadian provinces and Australian states are engraved individually. On the honey countries the lettering reads clearly at a distance. On the smoked ones it is quiet – visible when you are close, a texture rather than text from across the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince the two tones alternate, the readable and the subtle names are interleaved across the whole map rather than clustered in one region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEnglish or French\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same map is engraved with all its lettering in either language, chosen above: country names, capitals, ocean names, states and provinces. Everything else is identical – the same plies, the same borders, the same accessories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThink about who will read it rather than where it will hang. If the map is for someone who will stand in front of it and look for places, their own language is the one to choose; if it is chosen for the look, either works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it ages\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA deep stain is more forgiving of dust than a pale one, but it shows fingerprints on the raised edges more readily. Handle the pieces by their faces during mounting rather than by the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it out of direct sun. On a two-tone finish uneven fading is particularly visible, because the gap between light and dark is the whole design: as the exposed side lightens, the alternation weakens on one part of the map and not the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eChocolate or Dark\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe two are often compared. \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-dark\"\u003eDark\u003c\/a\u003e spreads its tones across a wider range, from near-cream to walnut, so it stays legible as a map from a distance. Chocolate holds to two tones and reads as a single dark object with a pattern in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want a world map on the wall, Dark. If you want a piece of dark wooden wall art that happens to be a map, this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. Small countries and island groups are simplified or omitted at this scale, and coastlines are smoothed. If you need geographic precision, a printed map serves better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe same map, six ways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChocolate is one of six finishes. \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-light\"\u003eLight\u003c\/a\u003e is the palest, cream and straw under a clear coat; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-amber\"\u003eAmber\u003c\/a\u003e is honey-gold and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-dark\"\u003eDark\u003c\/a\u003e a many-toned warm brown; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-graphite\"\u003eGraphite\u003c\/a\u003e leaves the wood tones for slate; and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-multicolor\"\u003eMulticolor\u003c\/a\u003e mixes every stain in the workshop. The map underneath is the same – only the finish changes. Multicolor is also the only finish cut in a smaller fourth size, S.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691572867,"sku":"CM024","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691540099,"sku":"CM040","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691507331,"sku":"CM025","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691474563,"sku":"CM043","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691638403,"sku":"CM036","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691605635,"sku":"CM046","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/ChocoL.png?v=1780866707"},{"product_id":"carte-du-monde-en-bois-3d-claire","title":"3D Wooden World Map Light","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe palest map we make\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Light finish is the palest map we make. Every country sits within a narrow band of cream, straw and pale greige under a clear protective coat, so the wood grain stays visible across every continent and the map reads as material rather than as a painted object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works where a darker map would sit too heavily: white and off-white walls, pale oak floors, Scandinavian and Japandi interiors, small rooms where a dark mass would close the space in. Against a dark wall it flips the effect entirely and behaves like a light drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere the other finishes separate countries by tone, this one leaves most of that work to the step between layers and the shadow it throws, which is why it is the finish most changed by where you hang it and how it is lit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow the layers work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach continent is cut and assembled from several plies rather than one flat sheet. The land sits proud of the wall, so the map casts its own shadow – sharp in the morning, soft and wide by evening. On a wall lit from one side the relief is visible from across the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the layers vary in height, the total depth changes between areas of the map. Mountain regions stand furthest from the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is actually engraved\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry names, borders and capitals are engraved individually, including internal divisions like US states and Canadian provinces. Antarctica is included. A set of wooden accessories comes with the map – a compass, two planes, a boat, an anchor and a whale – to place across the oceans wherever you like. The ocean names come as separate wooden lettering, so you decide where they sit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdd push pins and the map turns into a record of where you have been – the reason many customers come back later for a second set of pins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEnglish or French\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same map is engraved with all its lettering in either language, chosen above: country names, capitals, ocean names, states and provinces. Everything else is identical – the same plies, the same borders, the same accessories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThink about who will read it rather than where it will hang. If the map is for someone who will stand in front of it and look for places, their own language is the one to choose; if it is chosen for the look, either works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it ages\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf all six, this is the finish where time shows soonest. Birch warms over years, cream drifting toward straw, and here it happens across the whole map at once, so it reads as age rather than as damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDirect sunlight is different and matters more here than on any other finish. Bare wood shifts where the light falls and stays put where it does not, and on a map that shows as a visible line across the continents. Keep it off a wall that takes afternoon sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a decorative object, not a cartographic instrument. At this scale some small countries and island groups are simplified or left out, and coastlines are smoothed. If you need geographic precision, a printed map will serve you better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWood responds to its surroundings. Keep the map away from bathrooms, unventilated kitchens and radiators, and out of direct sunlight, which will change the surface unevenly over a few years. Dust it dry – no abrasives, no wet cloths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe same map, six ways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLight is one of six finishes of this map. \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-amber\"\u003eAmber\u003c\/a\u003e is honey-gold and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-dark\"\u003eDark\u003c\/a\u003e a many-toned warm brown; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-chocolate\"\u003eChocolate\u003c\/a\u003e is the deepest of the warm family; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-graphite\"\u003eGraphite\u003c\/a\u003e leaves the wood tones for slate; and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-multicolor\"\u003eMulticolor\u003c\/a\u003e mixes every stain in the workshop. The map underneath is the same – only the finish changes. Multicolor is also the only finish cut in a smaller fourth size, S.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691703939,"sku":"CM003","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691671171,"sku":"CM028","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691769475,"sku":"CM006","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691736707,"sku":"CM031","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691835011,"sku":"CM021","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691802243,"sku":"CM038","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/3D-Light-FR-L-3.jpg?v=1787935229"},{"product_id":"carte-du-monde-en-bois-3d-foncee","title":"3D Wooden World Map Dark","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWarm brown, worked in many tones\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDark is not a single dark colour. The palette runs from pale cream through honey and tan into deep walnut, and the tones are distributed country by country rather than by region, so Germany sits pale against a walnut France and Algeria reads mid-brown beside a light Niger. Nothing repeats in a predictable pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe overall impression from a few metres away is of a warm brown map. Up close it is a mosaic, and that is the finish's real character: it looks calm at a distance and detailed when you approach it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere the mid-tones do their work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe contrast between neighbouring countries is what carries this finish. On a very pale or very dark map the borders rely on the engraved line and the physical step between plies. Here the tonal difference does most of the work, so the political divisions are readable from further back than on the quieter finishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe trade-off is that it wants a plain wall. Against wallpaper, brick or a strongly coloured surface the internal variation competes with the background, and the mosaic effect turns into noise. White, cream, pale grey and soft green all work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShadow against a brown ground\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe continents are stacked from several plies, so the land stands off the wall and casts a shadow. On this finish that shadow falls on a mid-brown surface rather than on cream, which softens it: the relief reads as depth rather than as a hard outline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou notice it most where a light country sits beside a dark one. The step between them is doubled by the tonal change, and those edges catch the eye first when the map is lit from the side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEngraving at mid-tone\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery country name, border, capital, US state, Canadian province and Australian state is engraved individually. The laser darkens the surface, so on the pale countries the lettering is crisp and on the walnut ones it is subtler – a shift in sheen more than in colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn practice you read the names on the light countries from across the room and lean in for the dark ones. That is a fair description of how the map is used rather than a flaw: nobody stands and reads a wall map end to end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEnglish or French\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same map is engraved with all its lettering in either language, chosen above: country names, capitals, ocean names, states and provinces. Everything else is identical – the same plies, the same borders, the same accessories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThink about who will read it rather than where it will hang. If the map is for someone who will stand in front of it and look for places, their own language is the one to choose; if it is chosen for the look, either works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it ages\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMulti-tone finishes hide gradual change better than uniform ones. As the wood warms slightly over years, all the tones shift together and the relationships between them stay intact, so the map looks the same age throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirect sun is still the thing to avoid, since it lightens unevenly and the pale countries reach their limit first. Away from a sunlit wall, and dusted dry rather than wiped, it holds its tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eChoosing between Dark and Chocolate\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese two are the closest pair in the range and worth separating before you order. \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-chocolate\"\u003eChocolate\u003c\/a\u003e is deeper and quieter: the tones sit within a narrower band, and the map reads as a single dark object. Dark keeps more distance between its lightest and darkest countries, so it stays legible as a map from further away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePut simply, Chocolate is the more furniture-like of the two, Dark the more map-like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. Small countries and island groups are simplified or omitted at this scale, and coastlines are smoothed. If you need geographic precision, a printed map serves better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe same map, six ways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDark is one of six finishes. \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-light\"\u003eLight\u003c\/a\u003e is the palest, cream and straw under a clear coat; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-amber\"\u003eAmber\u003c\/a\u003e is honey-gold; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-chocolate\"\u003eChocolate\u003c\/a\u003e is the deepest of the warm family; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-graphite\"\u003eGraphite\u003c\/a\u003e leaves the wood tones for slate; and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-multicolor\"\u003eMulticolor\u003c\/a\u003e mixes every stain in the workshop. The map underneath is the same – only the finish changes. Multicolor is also the only finish cut in a smaller fourth size, S.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691998851,"sku":"CM002","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691900547,"sku":"CM027","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256691966083,"sku":"CM005","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691867779,"sku":"CM030","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256692031619,"sku":"CM020","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256691933315,"sku":"CM037","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/3d-dark-fr-7.jpg?v=1788953528"},{"product_id":"carte-du-monde-en-bois-3d-graphite","title":"3D Wooden World Map Graphite","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSlate and stone rather than wood tones\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGraphite is the finish that steps furthest from the wood tones. Slate, ash and near-black plies make up most of the map, with sand and copper countries scattered through as relief – Iran in pale sand, Japan in warm copper. Beside it, every other finish reads as warm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe effect on a wall is closer to stone or metal than to timber. Where the Light finish announces that it is made of wood, this one hides it: at a distance the grain reads as texture rather than as material, and people tend to ask what it is made from before they ask where it came from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere the grey earns its place\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the finish for rooms that already have a strong wood presence and cannot take more. Oak floors, walnut furniture, an exposed beam – a warm map in that setting competes, and this one does not. It also holds up against concrete, black steel and dark green paint, which the paler finishes disappear into.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst a white wall it produces the sharpest contrast we offer, and that is worth knowing in both directions. The map will dominate the room rather than sit in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the darkness does to the relief\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery 3D map casts its own shadow, since the continents are built from stacked plies rather than a single sheet. On the pale finishes that shadow is the main thing you see from across a room. Here it competes with the colour: a dark grey country against a dark grey shadow reads as one mass until you are close enough to see the step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe compensation is that side lighting works harder on this finish than on any other. A lamp placed to one side rather than in front of it will separate the layers dramatically, and the map changes character between daylight and evening more than the paler versions do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEngraving on a mixed ground\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCountry names, borders, capitals, US states, Canadian provinces and Australian states are engraved individually on every map we make. Here the sand and copper countries are the most legible on the board, the engraving burning dark against pale wood; the deepest grey plies ask for a step closer. Reading this map is a game of near and far, and the big sand countries are where a visitor starts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEnglish or French\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same map is engraved with all its lettering in either language, chosen above: country names, capitals, ocean names, states and provinces. Everything else is identical – the same plies, the same borders, the same accessories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThink about who will read it rather than where it will hang. If the map is for someone who will stand in front of it and look for places, their own language is the one to choose; if it is chosen for the look, either works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAgeing, and one thing to avoid\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDark surfaces show dust sooner than pale ones, particularly on the upper edges of each ply where it settles. A dry brush along the top of the continents once a month is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDirect sunlight is the real risk. Every wooden finish shifts over years, but a dark stain fades unevenly and visibly: the exposed side lightens while the shaded side does not, and on a map that means Asia and Africa drifting apart in tone. Keep it off a wall that takes afternoon sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. Small countries and island groups are simplified or omitted at this scale, and coastlines are smoothed. If you need geographic precision, a printed map serves better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe same map, six ways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGraphite is one of six finishes of this map. \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-light\"\u003eLight\u003c\/a\u003e is the palest, cream and straw under a clear coat; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-amber\"\u003eAmber\u003c\/a\u003e is honey-gold and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-dark\"\u003eDark\u003c\/a\u003e a many-toned warm brown; \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-chocolate\"\u003eChocolate\u003c\/a\u003e is the deepest of the warm family; and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-multicolor\"\u003eMulticolor\u003c\/a\u003e mixes every stain in the workshop. The map underneath is the same – only the finish changes. Multicolor is also the only finish cut in a smaller fourth size, S.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256692457603,"sku":"CM033","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M (100*70 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256692392067,"sku":"CM041","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256692424835,"sku":"CM034","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L (150*105 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256692359299,"sku":"CM044","price":229.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ French","offer_id":47256692523139,"sku":"CM049","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL (200*140 cm) \/ English","offer_id":47256692490371,"sku":"CM047","price":325.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/3d-graph-fr-6.jpg?v=1788948003"},{"product_id":"carte-de-france-en-bois-3d-multicolore","title":"3D Wooden Map of France, Multicolor","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFrance by region, then by département\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe map is cut so that each of the thirteen metropolitan regions is a separate wooden shape in its own shade: Bretagne in rust, Pays de la Loire in pale cream, Nouvelle-Aquitaine in dark walnut, Occitanie in burnt orange. Corsica is the thirteenth, sitting apart to the lower right, as it does on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInside each region the départements are engraved rather than cut, with their boundaries drawn as fine lines and their names set within them. The region names run in larger lettering across each shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe level of detail this actually carries\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery département is named. So are the towns – not only Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Strasbourg, but Alençon, Cholet, Rodez and Carcassonne. Rivers are engraved as thin lines running across the regions rather than stopping at boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe practical effect is that this reads as a real reference map from close up, in a way that a world map at this size cannot. On a world map France is one shape; here it is a hundred named places, and the first thing every French visitor does is lean in and look for theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho this is for, and it is a narrower group\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA world map is bought for what it looks like as often as for where the buyer has been. This one is bought about France specifically: by someone who lives there, comes from there, has moved away from there, or spends their holidays in one particular corner of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also works differently as a gift. With a world map you cannot get it wrong. With this one, the person receiving it either has a relationship with France or does not, and the level of engraved detail matters mainly to the first group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the layers do at this size\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe regions are cut from stacked plies, so each sits proud of the wall and casts its own shadow, and the boundaries between regions are physical steps rather than printed lines. At 50 × 51 cm the whole map is roughly the size of a large framed photograph, so those shadows are fine rather than dramatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the smallest of our relief maps. That has a practical consequence: unlike our world maps it does not need to dominate a wall, and it can sit beside other things – in a hallway, between windows, above a desk – without needing clear space around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne thing to check before you order\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe engraving is in French. Region names, département names and towns all use their French forms, which is correct for the subject but worth knowing if the map is going to somebody who reads no French. Unlike our world maps, this one is not offered in an English version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same care as the larger maps, with one difference that comes from the scale. The engraved département lines are fine, and dust settles into them more readily than it does on a plain surface. A soft dry brush clears them; a damp cloth will smear rather than lift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it out of direct sunlight, which lightens the pale regions faster than the dark ones and gradually flattens the distinction between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFrance three ways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe make the country in three forms. This relief map is the wall piece. The \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/2d-multicolor-wooden-map-of-france\"\u003e2D version\u003c\/a\u003e is flatter, lighter and quieter on the wall. And the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/france-discovery-wooden-puzzle\"\u003eFrance Discovery puzzle\u003c\/a\u003e is the same shape as an evening's work: an illustrated tour you assemble yourself before it becomes decor. The stains here match our \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-multicolor\"\u003eMulticolor world map\u003c\/a\u003e – hung in the same home, they read as a set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. The engraving reaches an astonishing number of towns, but not all of them – the smallest communes are left out, and boundaries are simplified at this scale. If yours is missing, write to us and we will commiserate; the wood is only so wide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256693211267,"sku":"CM048","price":69.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/188.jpg?v=1780866735"},{"product_id":"tableau-carte-du-monde-en-bois-3d-multicolore","title":"3D Wooden World Map Multicolor – Framed Panel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWooden continents on a painted ocean\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe panel comes assembled and framed. Behind the map is a printed backing board – a chart-grey ocean crossed by faint meridians, with an old-map wash to it – and the continents are cut from stained wood and mounted on top, standing a few millimetres proud of the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe land runs through the full warm range: pale birch, chestnut, near-black walnut, mid-brown, warm ochre. Neighbouring countries almost never repeat a shade, so nearly every border is legible without needing the engraved line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe detail you see up close\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe ocean names, the compass rose and the small aircraft and ships are not printed on the backing. They are separate wooden pieces mounted on the ocean surface, which is why they carry their own shadows. The lettering on this panel is in English only; unlike the taped maps, it is not offered in French.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat layering is the point of the piece. From a sofa it reads as a framed map; from a metre away it becomes visibly three-dimensional, with the coastlines lifting off the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo sizes, and they are not the same purchase\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe small panel is 90 × 60 cm, the medium 110 × 80. The gap between them is larger than the numbers suggest, because a rectangle grows in both directions at once: the medium covers roughly 60 per cent more wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe small suits a hallway, a home office, or the space above a desk. The medium wants a sofa, a bed or a wide stretch of clear wall, and at that size the individual countries become readable from across a room rather than only up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the frame changes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur piece-by-piece maps have no border at all: continents mounted straight onto the wall, with the wall itself as the ocean. This one is a rectangle with a black edge, which puts it in the same category as a framed print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe practical consequence is where it can hang. A framed rectangle sits comfortably alongside other framed things, in a gallery arrangement or above furniture. A borderless map needs clear wall around it and does not group with anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it asks of the wall\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne fixing, rated for a panel this size – a plasterboard anchor rather than a picture pin, and a hook rather than adhesive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the fixing is mechanical, the wall surface stops mattering. Textured plaster, brick, painted panelling and freshly painted walls are all fine, which is not true of our tape-mounted maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDust it as you would a framed picture. The raised continents collect a little more than a flat print, so a soft brush works better than a cloth, which can catch on the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it out of direct sunlight. Here the backing fades before the wood does, and as the ocean lightens the contrast that makes the continents stand out begins to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMulticolor or Graphite\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe two panels share the format and the chart-grey ocean; the difference is the land. The \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-graphite-framed-panel\"\u003eGraphite panel\u003c\/a\u003e mixes slate and bronze into its continents and reads cooler; this one keeps the land entirely warm. Graphite also comes in one size only – if you need the smaller 90 × 60 format, this is the panel that offers it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if these colours belong on your wall but you want the scale and the ritual of building it yourself, the same palette exists as our \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-multicolor\"\u003etaped Multicolor map\u003c\/a\u003e, up to two metres wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. Small countries and island groups are simplified or omitted at this scale, and coastlines are smoothed. If you need geographic precision, a printed map serves better.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"S (90*60 cm)","offer_id":47256693899395,"sku":"TCM03","price":129.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M (110*80 cm)","offer_id":47258078675075,"sku":"TCM01","price":269.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/D0_9C_D0_A3_D0_9B_D0_AC_D0_A2_D0_98-13.jpg?v=1780907632"},{"product_id":"tableau-carte-du-monde-en-bois-3d-graphite","title":"3D Wooden World Map Graphite – Framed Panel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eA finished picture, not a set of pieces\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe panel arrives assembled. A backing board carries the continents, the whole thing sits inside a slim black frame, and there is nothing to lay out, nothing to tape, no template: it hangs like a picture, from a single fixing. At 110 × 80 cm and five kilos it is the heaviest single piece we ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe grey does two jobs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe backing is a mottled concrete grey, printed as an old chart: ruled meridians and parallels with a weathered wash. Everything else on the ocean – the names in wooden lettering, the compass rose, the ship's wheel, the small ships and planes – is separate wooden pieces mounted on the surface, each casting its own shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst it the continents read as warm. Slate and dark bronze mix with sand, caramel and terracotta, each country its own shade, and the cold ground pushes the land forward far more than a wooden ocean would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eStill fully three-dimensional\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe frame does not flatten anything. The continents are stacked from plies between 4 and 9 mm, mountain regions standing tallest, and the layers cast their own shadows on the printed ground. Country names, borders, US states, Canadian provinces and Australian states are engraved individually, exactly as on the taped maps. The lettering on this panel is in French only; unlike the taped maps, it is not offered in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it fits that a piece-by-piece map does not\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo situations. The first is a rented flat, or any wall where you would rather not use adhesive tape: this needs one hook. The second is the person who wants a world map on the wall this evening rather than after an afternoon of assembly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also suits the walls our tape struggles with – heavily textured plaster, brick, painted panelling – since none of that matters when the fixing is a nail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFramed, and what the frame changes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur assembled maps have an irregular outline: continents against bare wall, no border anywhere. This one is a rectangle with a defined black edge, which puts it in the same visual category as a print or a photograph rather than as an object mounted directly on the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat is a real difference in how a room reads. A framed rectangle above a sofa sits comfortably in a room of other framed things. A borderless map of separate continents does not – it wants clear wall around it, and it does not hang in a gallery arrangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat it does not do\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou cannot rearrange it. On the piece-by-piece maps the continents can be spaced differently, the ocean lettering placed where you like, and the accessories moved around. Here the composition is fixed at the workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also cannot be resized to your wall. The 110 × 80 cm format is the only one this panel comes in, whereas the assembled maps run from 80 cm to two metres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeing a single sealed panel it is easier to look after than the assembled maps: dust it as you would a framed picture, without working around raised edges. Keep it out of direct sun, which will fade the grey ground before it touches the wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe weight is worth planning for. Five kilos needs a fixing rated for it – a plasterboard anchor rather than a picture pin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePanel or pieces\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChoose the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-graphite\"\u003etaped map\u003c\/a\u003e if you want scale and the ritual of building your wall yourself. Choose the panel if you want a finished, movable object. The same panel also exists in a \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-multicolor-framed\"\u003emulticolor version\u003c\/a\u003e, where the land runs warmer – cream and terracotta with hardly any grey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne honest limitation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a decorative object rather than a cartographic instrument. 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