--- title: These Carpets Map Out Different Countries' Aerial Landscapes description: USA, Bahamas and Netherlands—as seen from the sky canonical: https://time.com/3576559/carpets-landscapes-countries/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-11T15:00:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:23.513Z article:section: Ideas og:title: These Carpets Map Out Different Countries' Aerial Landscapes og:description: USA, Bahamas and Netherlands—as seen from the sky og:url: https://time.com/3576559/carpets-landscapes-countries/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Carpets Map Out Different Countries' Aerial Landscapes twitter:description: USA, Bahamas and Netherlands—as seen from the sky twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Carpets Map Out Different Countries' Aerial Landscapes > Sponsored content. 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A paid TIME subscription is separate and available at time.com/subscribe-agent. by [Milo Sumner / Lost at E Minor](https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Milo Sumner / Lost at E Minor Nov 11, 2014 3:00 PM UTC by [Milo Sumner / Lost at E Minor](https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Milo Sumner / Lost at E Minor Nov 11, 2014 3:00 PM UTC  _This_ [_article_](http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/10/16/aerial-photos-abstract-landscapes-transformed-carpets/) _originally appeared on_ [_Lost at E Minor_](http://www.lostateminor.com)_._ Have you ever marveled at how flat, two-dimensional and generally neat landscapes look when you’re peering out the window of a plane at 30,000 feet? [Florian Pulcher](http://www.florianpucher.com/) certainly has. Ever since he was little, he has been drawn to the segmentation of land and how neat and pleasing it is to view from above. Based in Beijing, the Austrian architect always tries to secure himself a window seat on planes and even avoids flying at night so as to gaze down at as many landscapes as possible. Motivated by this passion he has now created [Landcarpet](http://www.florianpucher.com/landcarpet.html), a collection of rugs inspired by aerial shots of distant fields, hills, waterways and cities. Pulcher uses online mapping services to source his images, and has developed quite an eye for distinguishing aerial details. “Some countries are very easily recognizable through their methods of farming and that has always intrigued me. Furthermore, as an architect and master planner, I constantly get to see and look through site surveys, aerial images and city plans which have further sharpened my eye for distinguishable patterns and different layers.” The limited-edition handmade carpets are available for purchase [here.](http://www.florianpucher.com/landcarpet.html) (via [Colossal](http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/10/florian-pucher-turns-aerial-photos-into-plush-carpeting/))  Bahamas LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo  Bahamas LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo  Bahamas LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo  Bahamas LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo  USA LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo  USA LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo  Netherlands LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo  Netherlands LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo  Hong Kong LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo  Hong Kong LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo  Hong Kong LANDCARPET by Florian Pucher and Sophia Liu Bo ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3576559/carpets-landscapes-countries/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3576559/carpets-landscapes-countries/"},"headline":"These Carpets Map Out Different Countries' Aerial Landscapes","datePublished":"2014-11-11T15:00:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:43:23.513Z","description":"USA, Bahamas and Netherlands—as seen from the sky","url":"https://time.com/3576559/carpets-landscapes-countries/","keywords":["Innovation","Hong Kong","photography","USA","Design","Netherlands","Bahamas"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Milo Sumner / Lost at E Minor"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3576559/carpets-landscapes-countries/","name":"These Carpets Map Out Different Countries' Aerial Landscapes"}}]}] ```