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Metro Map Design, Road Typography, Train Typography, Subway Graphic Design, Swiss Poster Design, New York Graphic Design, Subway Map Design, Line Graphic Design, Vignelli Design

What was transit like in New York City before the Uber’s, Waze’s, Google Maps and Lyft’s of the world existed? Decades ago, prior to cunning app developers employing technology as a means of optimizing travel, the powers that be at the New York Transit Authority sought solace in a little known graphic designer named Massimo Vignelli.

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One Designer’s Quest to Redesign Singapore’s Subway Signage Metro Station Design, Bloxburg Nyc, Subway Photos, Japanese Signs, Subway Design, Brand Wall, Exhibition Project, Station Map, Wayfinding Signage Design

I was taken on a tour of Singapore’s mass rapid transit system in early March to see its new signage system. As lead designer Samuel Lim guided me through a station, he stopped dead in his tracks. “Oh dear!” he said, “Here come the paper signs...” A portable stand was holding up one A4-size sheet

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Emiliano Ponzi's The Great New York Subway Map displays how graphic design can turn chaos to order. New York Subway Map, Nyc Subway Map, Train Illustration, Massimo Vignelli, Subway Map, Graphisches Design, New York Subway, Nyc Subway, Subway Art

Emiliano Ponzi, in collaboration with the MoMA, has created a book introducing young readers to the work of iconic graphic designer Massimo Vignelli. Using illustrations of “trains, subway stations, and the NYC skyline”, Emiliano's book tells the story of how Vignelli created an “easy-to-navigate subway map in 1972”. _The Great New York Subway Map_ aims to show how graphic design can be used for “problem-solving” and turning “chaos to order”.

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