New York subway

Massimo Vignelli, Joan Charysyn, Bob Noorda, Unimark International Corporation, New York subway

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Massimo Vignelli, Joan Charysyn, Bob Noorda, Unimark International Corporation, New York subway

Domus 979, April 2014

Massimo Vignelli’s original New York subway map, using the Helvetica font. It was revolutionary because it was designed as a diagram, with a personal choice of colors for rivers and parks, and for sacrificing geographical accuracy in the name of clarity. Stations were represented by dots and connected to neighboring stations by color-coded routes running at 45- or 90-degree angles.

Massimo Vignelli, Joan Charysyn, Bob Noorda, Unimark International Corporation, New York subway

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Massimo Vignelli, Joan Charysyn, Bob Noorda, Unimark International Corporation, New York subway

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Massimo Vignelli, Joan Charysyn, Bob Noorda, Unimark International Corporation, New York subway

Massimo Vignelli, Joan Charysyn, Bob Noorda, Unimark International Corporation, New York subway

Massimo Vignelli, Joan Charysyn, Bob Noorda, Unimark International Corporation, New York subway

Massimo Vignelli, Joan Charysyn, Bob Noorda, Unimark International Corporation, New York subway

Massimo Vignelli, Joan Charysyn, Bob Noorda, Unimark International Corporation, New York metro map, New York, USA 1972