![]() But perhaps in the age of apps, it does not matter anymore how the surrounding geography appears, as long as riders are efficiently directed from one station to the next. His version colorful lines against a white background, only a nod to geography was in use for much of the 1970s and lives on in the MTAs Weekender map. It is faithful to Vignelli’s spirit, but somehow the color scheme is even less obvious than before (white is land, grey is water). It was recently used as the basis for the online weekend subway service map called The Weekender, which is also available as an app for iOS and Android. ![]() The Vignelli map does live on in digital form, though. Unfamiliar color schemes and shapes only hinder that process. Subway riders like to be able to glance at a map and immediately locate themselves to find their way. The largely negative response to Vignelli’s map showed that it does not matter if the subway lines are easier to read if the larger geography is too abstract and non-intuitive. Original, insightful and fascinating two-sided guide map to the New York Subways architecture, art and graphic design by Sandra Bloodworth and Linda Tonn. The design was scrapped in 1979, seeming to confirm that modernist design and subway maps do not mix (at least not in New York City). New York Subway system transports over 5 million passengers every weekday and about 3 million passengers each day on the weekend. In essence, the city has lost its New York feel, and has become more of a Platonic form of itself. The whole island of Manhattan has lost its distinctive shape and taken a simplified angular shape. Central Park, for example, looks more like a square than a tall rectangle on Vignelli’s map. Secondly, he distorted the shape of the city and its above-ground features. Rather, he drew parks like grey blobs and used a bland tan-like color for rivers and ocean. But he also made some huge changes that are disorienting to people who were used to seeing things a certain way.įor one thing, he did not use green for parks and blue for water, as we are accustomed to seeing. He set out to make it easier for riders to see the stops on the subway lines, with straighter routes and bigger fonts. Vignelli’s design is a little jarring to our eyes.
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