The name Ploterre merges plotting and the earth to loosely describe what my work attempts to do - which is plotting the earth.

It also sounds similar to one of my drawing tools - a pen plotter.

My background is mathematics and design and I essentially use environmental data to create artwork.

The cairngorms range is beautiful and the scenery there is unique.

As the area is some of the most remote in Scotland (and the UK), the flora and fauna are largely the same as they would have been hundreds of years ago and so this area is special to me.

Each piece starts as a question when I’m spending time in the outdoors, from wondering what colors fly into our gardens to understanding tidal currents.

This inevitably leads to a lot of research.

The research begins with scientific papers and online journals before I determine what datasets to use to explore further.

Once I’ve explored and analyzed the dataset to find insights and patterns, I then set about turning these patterns within the data into patterns within designs.

This is done through writing code to link the data to the design via a series of mathematical formulas.

The whole process takes between one to two weeks.

A Munro is a mountain over 3,000 feet.

When I linked the height of the summits for each of these mountains and ordered them by latitude and longitude, I started to form a mountain ridge that appeared like it was one mountain (and not 282).

It also resembled the Fitzroy mountain range seen in the Patagonia logo.

Caledonia is a Latin word that describes Scotland and it seemed like the perfect fit to play on this given Patagonia's affinity with nature and the natural world.

When I start on a new project - I never quite know what the output is going to be or what questions I’ll ask along the way.

The process completely informs the design and I love this aspect

Thanks for having us Jerry!

We are a small family roastery in the heart of the Slovenian Alps.

We all do our share to provide the best customer service and beans around this area.

We like to offer different beans a few times a year; that way, we can explore the interesting coffee world together with our customers and are never bored.

Not that much - the covid situation resulted in fewer customers at the coffee shops our coffee is at.

But we do have more customers who buy our coffee through our webshop so we’re very excited about that!

It’s like our air.

It is where my brother and I (Polona) grew up and spent a lot (a lot) of time, skiing, snowboarding, and hiking.

We can’t imagine living without the sight of the beauty that is the Alps.

We are famous for our honey, mead (a spirit made out of honey), poetry (France Prešeren, our most famous poet lives a few km away from our roastery) and many other writers - we consider that a treat too.

There aren’t a lot in the area.

There are more in Ljubljana, our favorite one is Čokl.

Our dad Dani is a great host, he likes to be one.

So you can expect a very friendly welcome when visiting, with a nice dinner or breakfast, especially during the summer, when he fires up his grill, which he calls the Ferrari because it’s such a cutting edge in his opinion.

“We’re very excited we can be a part of your story.

We love your sense of aesthetics so just keep on doing what you’re doing.

Thank you!”

Yes, no worries!

Hi, I am Adrian Head Roaster/Founder of SACR.

I am originally from Canada but now live and work in Norway with my wife who is Swedish and family.

I love the outdoors and a good cup of coffee.

The MRC is a coffee subscription for those who also appreciate good coffee and would like to receive fresh coffee in the mail each month.

We have 3 subscriptions: Heritage, adventure, and now Roasters Choice.

The perfect cure or gift during a world pandemic.

Really blessed to have 3 healthy kids.

There is a fine balance between work life and family life.

My wife and I appreciate the extra caffeine needed to manage our small kids.

They are still quite small so it is challenging to do all the outdoor activities but the 5 and 3-year-olds are getting into skiing and it is a joy to pass on the passion for winter sports.

It is located just on the edge of town so we get a nice balance of people visiting but not too many where it is distracting for focus.

Amazing views and always inspiring so fortunate to have landed in this new home.

So their role is to share their passion for their craft and love for coffee.

Our role is to supply them with fresh coffee and goodies.

Yes, we have Henry McNulty a trail runner who is from Australia but resides in Oslo now.

He competes all over Scandinavia and Europe with race events and Orienteering.

He loves coffee and believes it makes him faster and find his way on the trails better.

It is a pretty big event and quite challenging.

Never done it but looking to sponsor it in the near future.

It is one beautiful place.

If you love hiking and biking in the summer then come.

If you love skiing and touring in the winter then come.

Also, drop by for a hello and coffee at the roastery.

Being able to climb and ski down fresh blankets of snow is a pure addicting drug.

As avid long-distance triathletes we initially got into coffee by enjoying coffee as a reward for a tough swim session - and sometimes as an excuse to skip the swimming and go for coffee instead.

But when we traveled to Hawaii for the Ironman World Championships in 2007 where Simone was racing, we experienced coffee in a whole new way: We visited a coffee farm and got to know the process from cherry to cup and on the retail/coffee shop side also a more lifestyle-y way of coffee.

While coffee in Switzerland was still very much fully automatic bean-to-cup machines, old-school boring and secretive but generic blends, coffee was a fun and cool thing here in a very relaxed and origin-focused way.

We decided that we needed to shake the coffee things up in Switzerland and a few years later, we dove into roasting coffee and the rest is history.

As mentioned, we were long-distance triathletes back in the day and generally love the great outdoors.

There’s so much to do and to discover: About your environment and also about yourself.

Getting to know your surroundings on your own two feet or being ‘self-fuelled’ is a really fun and rewarding thing.

Although we don’t compete in triathlons anymore, we love to spend time on our bikes and explore what’s around us.

Where our cycling skills fall short we use our feet to hike or run!

We are on the outskirts of Zurich though which is the largest city in Switzerland and where a lot is going on.

In Unterlunkhofen itself, there’s not too much to do.

It’s a small town with a population of around 1’000 people who mostly commute to Zurich or Zug which is also nearby.

Our town is set in the rolling hills of the Swiss Midland where there’s quite a bit of farmland and forests.

From here you can set off on quiet roads and paths and explore to the pre-alps and lakes of central Switzerland or head over to the ‘Jurassic Park’, the foothills of the Jura Mountain Range.

Apart from a bakery and a roastery, there aren’t a lot of points of interest in our small town - OK, there is our Bean Shop (a self-serve shop where you can buy fresh coffee) in front of the roastery, because we aren’t in the roastery all the time… and then there are a few farms and good bird-watching spots.

Every time we make a coffee with a view (like on a mountaintop) and we have reached the place by our means, this is special.

You get to reflect on where you started, how far you’ve come, and also where you’re heading next.

But on a clear day, we get a great view of the alpine range and especially when the tops are snow-covered, it’s touching.

(Theodore Roosevelt)