Journeying home on a delayed flight to Brisbane from Sydney on a particularly clear, sunny day, Tom Percy noticed the remarkable topography of Moreton Bay with fresh eyes. Through the window as the plane circled above the coastline, the industrial designer could see the way the bay’s winding waterways interconnected, trailing out to the ocean and nearby islands. At that moment, the idea for Deep Blue Maps was hatched and Tom began working on his beautifully intricate three-dimensional contour maps – which resulted in detailed and familiar works of art.