Our May Employee of the Month is Beacon, Chief Messaging Hound. Beacon expertly cuts through industry jargon with his unique communication style to emphasize points that we silly humans tend to overcomplicate. #EmployeeOfTheMonth #DogEmployee #HipMaps

What’s your preference dude, bro, buddy, fella, or pal? Depending on where you live - or maybe where you’re from - may determine the answer! Head to Quartz to learn more about the history of dude and how they created these maps: qz.com/316906/the-dud… #MapGeek

Next up in our HipMaps Series of contemporary real-live human artists who incorporate maps into their art is Ed Fairburn, a Welsh artist who uses ink and pencil on printed maps to create portraits. Explore more at edfairburn.com #MapGeek #MapsInArt

Meet us at the Wine Sales Symposium in Santa Rosa on Wed. May 14th! Learn about our 2 mapping solutions specifically designed for wineries: - Custom-designed vineyard maps - HipMaps-with our interactive app tinyurl.com/467d94uy #WineSalesSymposium #WineMarketing #WineSales

A map of some of Canada’s most popular regional dishes including nanaimo bars, touton, jellied moose nose, schmoo torte – nom nom nom 😋 Many thanks to TasteAtlas for the map and to Brilliant Maps for bringing it to our attention! brilliantmaps.com/food-map-of-ca… #MapGeek

Next in our HipMaps Series of real-live artists who incorporate maps into their art is Stefanie Herr, a German artist who created this topographic sculpture of lunchmeat and vegetables out of mat board. Explore more at stefanieherr.com #MapGeek #MapsInArt #HipMapsSeries

Check out this (general) climate comparison map of North America with other parts of the world 🌎 We could not find the author of the map to credit them , and there are some discrepancies in scale, but it’s a fun map nonetheless! mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/posts/similar-… #MapGeek

The most popular beer brands in the world – how many have you tried?!? Head to the link below to see a full-size image and list of the beers on the map. Many thanks to BusinessFinancing.co.uk for creating this map. businessfinancing.co.uk/popular-consum… #MapGeek

Next in our HipMaps Series of contemporary real-live human artists who incorporate maps into their art is Jennifer Collier, a British artist who used recycled maps to create this camera and child's shoes. Explore more at jennifercollier.co.uk #MapGeek #MapsInArt #HipMapsSeries

The longest theoretical train journey in the world: from Lagos, Portugal to Singapore! This would take roughly 14 days. Would you do it?!? See how the creator figured this out along with notes and mistakes they found after the fact: brilliantmaps.com/longest-train-… #MapGeek

Next in our Series of real-live human artists using maps in their art is Javier Jabalera & Mon Castel, who created "Everything is Ending" from matchsticks, then set it ablaze to show how fragile the planet is. More: mymodernmet.com/modern-map-art… #MapGeek #MapsInArt #HipMapsSeries

“I’ve always been fascinated by maps and cartography. A map tells you where you’ve been, where you are, and where you’re going — in a sense it’s three tenses in one.” ― Peter Greenaway #MapGeek #MapQuote

Pylon, our VP of Treat Negotiations, is our June Employee of the Month by mastering the art of securing the best deals for the entire HipMaps team! Congratulations to Pylon on another well-deserved Award! #EmployeeOfTheMonth #CatEmployee #HipMaps #WanderAimfully

Next in our HipMaps Series of contemporary real-live human artists who incorporate maps into their art is Matthew Cusick, a U.S. artist who uses cutout fragments of vintage maps to create collage art. See more at mattcusick.com #MapGeek #MapsInArt #HipMapsSeries

Check out our blog on how winery associations are using HipMaps to create community wins. These same principles apply to many industries! hipmaps.com/creating-commu… #Collaboration #Community #Connection #WineMarketing #WineSales #WineBusiness #WineIndustry #HipMaps

How different did the world’s population look in 1900 than it did in 2015? Thanks to two cartograms we have a great way to visualize it - many thanks to Teadranks for creating the cartograms and for Brilliant Maps for sharing it with us! brilliantmaps.com/worlds-populat… #MapGeek

# 11 in our HipMaps Series of contemporary real-live human artists who incorporate maps into their art is Mademoiselle Maurice who used color and negative space to create this room-sized, negative-space world map made of colored drips of water. mademoisellemaurice.com/en/ #MapGeek

This map shows the world divided into 8 regions, each containing approx. 1 billion people. What a perspective on population density! Our thanks to Reddit user Spearking_ for creating the map and to Brilliant Maps for sharing it! Learn more here: tinyurl.com/mr2j8wn3 #MapGeek

Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is coming up which means we post another super cool map from Brian B! This is looking down on the North Pole, showing the hours of daylight on the Summer Solstice. Check out Brian B.'s Climate Blog: us-climate.blogspot.com/2016/06/daylig… #MapGeek

Next in our HipMaps Series of contemporary real-live human artists who incorporate maps into their art is Shannon Rankin, a U.S. artist. She transforms old maps to create collages and sculptures. Explore more at medinart.eu/works/shannon-… #MapGeek #MapsInArt #HipMapsSeries