The Atlas of Design

Volume VII Honorable Mentions: Part 2

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Hello map aficionados!

Volume VII Honorable Mentions: Part 1

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Hello map aficionados!

Volume VII Pre-orders Are Open

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We’re pleased to announce that pre-orders for Atlas of Design Volume 7 are now live!

Volume VII Finalists

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Greetings!

Volume VII Progress Update (Submissions and Judging)

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A quick update on Volume 7 of the Atlas of Design:

Volume VII Submissions Open

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Hello map enthusiasts,

Atlas of Design Profitability Statement

Sun, 08 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Atlas of Design profit from contributors?

2023 Reprints and Team Updates

Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Hello map lovers! We have a couple of exciting updates to share with you.

Have you been waiting to complete your Atlas of Design collection? Well, the time has come—we’ll be reprinting Volume 1 and Volume 4 this summer. Even better, you can save money and guarantee your copy by pre-ordering before May 15th, 2023. Visit atlasofdesign.org/order to reserve yours today.

If you order before May 15th, copies of Volumes 1 and 4 are just $30 each (regular list price $35 USD). NACIS members will pay just $22.50 (regularly $26.25) by using a special discount code. You’ll need to log in with an active account to retrieve the code here. Please note that this is a new discount code as of April 14th, 2023.

First published in 2012 and revised in 2019, Volume 1 of the Atlas of Design features a diverse collection of 27 maps, including creator essays, and an introduction by the volume’s editors, Timothy R. Wallace and Daniel P. Huffman.

Volume 4 of the Atlas of Design was released in 2018 and sold out in a matter of months! This much-awaited reprint features 33 maps with essays by their creators and an introduction by Tanya Buckingham Anderson.

Order now! This special offer expires at 11:59 US Central Time on May 15th, 2023.

A Look Inside — David Nuttall's Kjempsavor Ayars

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Join us again as the editorial team and some of our guest judges take a deeper look at a few of the maps featured in the Atlas of Design Volume 6. In these segments, we offer personal opinions about what makes each map interesting. We do not speak for the authors, nor are we offering an Official Atlas of Design Opinion. Instead, we just want to take a moment to engage with these intriguing works and offer you all a chance to think more deeply about what’s going on in each one, which is one of the goals of our project.

Printing the Atlas (2022 edition)

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I started in cartography after doing the kind of basic graphic design work where I talked a lot with people who ran printing presses. Learned among other things what make life easier for them so I would get closer the results I wanted. It became habit. in my 22 years with Hedberg Maps, I did a LOT of press checks, where you visit the printer, see the piece on press, and talk with the press operators about what can change and how. These days, digital controls on presses are so good, and so little of my work is direct printed product, I seldom have need or cause to go to a press check. And I miss it. Even with all those new fancy automatic controls, getting the colors right on press is a craft, and it was fun to be part of that craft.