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Le Paper Globe

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print it, cut it, fold it...

Le Paper Globe is the template of a do-it-yourself terrestrial globe.
Not only will it look neat in your living room, it is also a very
good learning tool for Geography and Geometry.

First of all, please

download it
A4 format, english texts
1.4 MB -- updated may 5, 2012

A4 alternate templates : no text, blank

US letter templates : english texts, no text or blank

Please don't hotlink the PDF file. Instead, link to this webpage.
Thanks! This template is shared under a Creative Commons license.

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Step 1

You'll need one to two hours to build your globe. You'll also need :

  * scissors or an X-ACTO knife & cutting board,
  * a ruler,
  * an old ballpoint pen
  * and coffee.

First, print the 14 pages on heavy weight paper (50 lb to 80 lb or
200 to 300g/m^2). This step can be done with a laser or an inkjet
printer.

If you're from North America, be sure to download the template file
for the US Letter format.

Step 1

Step 2

Brew a cup of coffee, but put it aside because it's too hot right
now.

Cut the shapes along the black edges. This step is the longest.

Step 2

Step 3

pages 1 to 4

The best way to make clean folds is to mark the folding line with
your ballpoint pen on the back of the paper, so that the fold will
follow it cleanly.

Fold the side wings, then mark the folds on the equator and the 45th
parallels.

Step 3

Step 4

pages 7 to 14

Fold the octogons along the dashed line (use the technique from the
last step), then cut out the three inside pieces.

Step 4

Step 5

pages 5 to 14

Assemble the insides of the globe by fitting the folded octogons
(pieces 7 to 14) in the pieces 5, 6a & 6b.

The coffee should now be too cold to drink. Micro-wave the cup.
Step 5

Step 6

Fit the side wings of the exterior pieces (pieces 1 to 4) inside the
slits created by the folded octogons.

Step 6

Step 7

Repeat 7 times, be careful not to put the USA in the middle of
Russia. World Wars happened for less.

Step 7

Step 8

Voila !

Don't hesitate to post your pictures on the Flickr group, on the
Facebook page , on Twitter : #lePaperGlobe, or even Tumblr : #le
Paper Globe!

The coffee waited too long in the microwave, it's turned bad. Brew
another cup and drink it while admiring your paper globe, you earned
that!

Step 8

The inspiration

This project has been directly inspired by the Sectional Globe --
earth's axis, 23.4 degrees, created by geografia, a Japan-based
design studio.

You should buy their globe : the various concepts and materials are
very interesting. Some are printed with phosphorescent ink, some are
made with bamboo fibers, it's quite different from what you can get
with your desktop printer!

Here are a couple of places you can order the globes from :

  * NoteMaker Australia - geografia range
  * A+R Store - Sectional Globe"
  * upon a fold - sectional paper globe
  * The Occasional Traveller - Geografia Globes

I don't have any affiliation with the shops linked. If you like this
globe, you should consider buying one!

The beta-testers

Thank you, beta testers! Follow them on Twitter, they are nice and
smell good.

  * @nimwendil
  * @sarimarcus
  * @cheekfille
  * Caroline
  * & also Zoe, Kate and Emilia who helped me with the translations!

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The license

The globe template PDF is distributed under a Creative Commons 
BY-NC-SA 2.0 fr license. This means that you can use it, share and
modify/remix it as you want, but you can not use the template for
commercial purposes and you must distribute it under the same
Creative Commons license, and you should not forget to mention me as
the author of this template.

The Author

My name is Joachim Robert.

I'm a graphic designer, I also enjoy taking photographs.

I like to collect globes and maps, and I even travelled around the
world for about a year.

You can follow me on Twitter : @joachimesque.

Don't hesitate to send me an email if you have any question:
joachim.robert@gmail.com

Joachim Robert
 

Colophon

The titles are composed in Amatic, the running text is in Open Sans
Condensed
These fonts are free to use, you can download them to modify/remix
the template file The various textures come from SubtlePatterns The
assemly instructions are built with jQuery Coda-Slider The portrait
photo was taken by my friend Patrick Ng
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 fr -- 2012
Une production Joachimesque