don’t leave town without it: crumpled city map

crumpled map
crumpled maps packaging

It’s tough being a tourist — airport delays, tricky language barriers, and unfamiliar bathroom situations. One thing you don’t have to worry about is wasting precious vacation time trying to fold your map back up perfectly thanks to the Crumpled City Map ($18). Designed by Emanuele Pizzolorusso for Palomar and printed on lightweight, 100% waterproof material, this city guide is meant to be stuffed into back pockets, clutch purses, and backpacks. Bonus: Each map comes with 10 marked “Soulsights” that the Italian designer describes as “places filled with intense emotions that are brought to life by the people passing through or stopping off in them. Visit these places and you will feel like an artist, a poet, a photographer, a director, a lover and a dreamer.” –Katie D.