{"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","url":"https:\/\/creatifwood.fr\/en\/products\/3d-wooden-world-map-chocolate","provider":"Creatifwood","version":"1.0","type":"link"}