Genesis of the Vignelli subway map
Although the Vignelli subway diagram is the most famous map of the New York City subway system, very little is known of the design process that led to its creation.…
Downtown in Raleigh D'Adamo's 'proof-of-concept' subway map, 1964. Digital reconstruction by Reka Komoli, 2015
The Rosetta Stone of Subway Colours
One piece of paper was the key to the trunk colours of the subway ... On my second visit to the archives of the New York Transit Museum, on March…
Capturing the Moment
The man who photographed the Great Subway Map Debate ... In 1978, the MTA Subway Map Committee, led by John Tauranac, decided to go public with its prototype subway map,…
Sculpting Subway Lines
The man who shaped the subway map for a generation ... The shape of the route lines on the New York City subway map are so familiar to us that…