Matchboxcityprints

Matchboxcityprints sells limited-edition, map-based wall art that turns city street grids into abstract geometric prints. The catalog is split between small “matchbox” format pieces (≈ $25-$45) and larger framed or canvas statement works (≈ $120-$220), placing the brand in the accessible-to-mid range. Sales are online-only through the house site and Etsy storefront; every print is made-to-order in the company’s Brooklyn studio. Designs are generated from open-source GIS data, silk-screened or giclée-printed on archival paper, and individually numbered in micro-runs of 50-150. The brand’s signature is its minimalist, single-ink palette that lets roads, rivers and parks become the only visual elements—no place names, no legends—so buyers recognize their city by shape alone. Custom coordinates, wedding-date maps and metallic-ink variants form the best-known capsule collections. Core customers are 25-45-year-old urban professionals who have moved between cities and want a compact piece of “home” that fits modern, pared-back décor. The appeal is nostalgic but design-driven: the prints signal local pride without sports-team clichés and slide easily into gallery walls or rental apartments where drilling for oversized art is discouraged. They compete with mass-market map posters and high-end custom cartographic art houses. Against big-box prints they offer true small-batch scarcity and designer colorways; against bespoke cartographers they undercut price and turnaround while retaining hand-pulled screen-print texture and numbering that proves authenticity.