We had over 300 total entries for this year’s atlas, which is more than any previous volume! With only 32 maps featured in the book, selecting the finalists has not been easy. After a long process of deliberation, we have selected the maps to be featured in the 2018 edition of the atlas.
In alphabetical order by title, here are the 2018 finalists:
2018 Atlas of Design Finalists
| Title | Cartographers |
|---|---|
| (In)visible Night Sky | Martin Pulicar |
| A qui appartient l’Arctique? Des revendications multiples. (Who owns the Arctic? Multiple claims.) | Xemartin Laborde, Delphine Papin & Bruno Tertrais |
| A Visual History of the U.S. State Boundaries | Joshua Korenblat |
| Asahi-Dake - The heart of the Daisetsuzan National Park | Markus Hauser |
| Banff, Yoho & Kootenay National Parks Recreation Map and Visitor Guide | Jeff Clark |
| Bhoutan, un confetti himalayen lorgné par deux géants (Bhutan, a Himalayan “confetti” ogled by two giants) | Francesca Fattori & Xemartin Laborde |
| Car-Free Key West | Kate Chanba |
| Chicago El map inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright | Max Roberts |
| Cleveland Metroparks Centennial Map | Brandon Garman |
| Coming Home to Indigenous Place Names in Canada | Margaret W. Pearce |
| Decorative map of Spain | Mike Hall |
| Eastern Pacific Ring of Fire | John Nelson |
| FLM | Jeroen Stevens |
| Glacial Landforms of the Puget Lowland | Daniel Coe |
| Housing Prices Ripping San Francisco Apart | Doug McCune |
| How Deep is Dark Star? | Charles Preppernau |
| Katmai National Park and Preserve Panorama / Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve | Joe Milbrath & Jim Eynard / Tom Patterson |
| King Eider | Daniel P. Huffman |
| North Cascades Collaboration | Nikki Frumkin & Jason Curtis |
| One City Marathon | Jonah Adkins |
| Pictorial Map and Walking Guide to Philadelphia | Bill Marsh |
| Rhaetian Railway Map | Arne & Martina Rohweder |
| Sierra Snow Cover 2017 | Nathaniel A Douglass |
| Skenara, the Land Beyond the Sea | John Stevenson |
| Slavery in the United States | Bill Rankin |
| South Carolina Historic Rainfall and Flooding, October 2015 | Tanner Arrington |
| Starving to death: Wars in four countries have left 20 million people on the brink | Laris Karklis |
| Tactile Map of Switzerland | Anna Vetter |
| The Annapolis River | Heather Smith |
| The Blanco River | Molly O’Halloran |
| The Melting of Antarctica | Lauren Tierney |
| What if it was your city? | Alberto Lucas López |
Congratulations to all finalists!
Additionally, we would like to recognize the following maps with an honorable mention:
2018 Honorable Mention
| Title | Cartographers |
|---|---|
| Beyond the Sea | Andy Woodruff |
| Bombing Missions of the Vietnam War | Cooper Thomas |
| From the Village of Fez to the City of Sefrou | Alex Hotchin |
| Hyranden: The Eastern Lands | Jared Blando |
| Lost Cause: Seeing America Through the Losing Candidates’ Map | Lena Groeger |
| Map of Firsts: A Timeline of the Most Iconic Infographics | RJ Andrews |
| Nature in the City | Lindsay Irving |
| Public Lands of Montana | Jamie Robertson |
| Rivers of Life: The Great Salmon Migration | Lee France |
| Swiss World Atlas 2017 - Mount Everest | Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation ETH Zurich, Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hurni |
| The Essential Geography of Oregon | David Imus |
We plan to feature the honorable mention maps in a future blog post, as well as on our Twitter account!
There were also many excellent maps in addition to the 40-some listed above. Thank you to all contributors!