Standing Room Only: The Vignelli Subway Map
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A talk about the history of Vignelil’s subway map, appropriately held in a former train station. Vintage signs from the old independent systems adorn the walls. Photo provided by the New York Transit Museum.
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Vignelli Associates Yoshi Waterhouse and Beatriz Cifuentes, Massimo Vignelli, and Gabrielle Shubert, NYTM Director. Photo provided by the New York Transit Museum.
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Speaking of modernism, Vignelli states “[it] isn’t a style, it’s an attitude, a way of thinking.” We tend to agree. Photo provided by the New York Transit Museum.
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Yoshi Waterhouse explained to the audience that finding solutions for congested areas of the diagram was sometimes done best by hand. Photo provided by the New York Transit Museum.
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It’s hard to make sense of this early subway map. Photo provided by the New York Transit Museum.
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The 1972 Vignelli map. Provided by the New York Transit Museum.
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The Vignelli map reincarnated. The Weekender app for iPhone and Droid also lives online. Provided by the New York Transit Museum.
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