Lotta Nieminen is a Helsinki-based artist, illustrator and graphic designer. Her witty and whimsical work has appeared in dozens of publications and advertisements. You may have seen some of her maps, such as the one she did of Paris for the French newspaper Le Monde (above). Or you may have run across one of her marvelous cityscape prints like the series she did last year on Budapest (below).

Here in North America Nieminen has been making her mark with work on public transit projects in Detroit and Toronto (see below). Now she has her first children’s book titled “Walk This World”. The charming book celebrates the similarities and differences between culture around the world.