One Color New York Subway Map
Posted by Bobby Solomon • March 8, 2010 • Design + Transportation

Being a west coast native I’m not very familiar with Massimo Vignelli’s subway map, though I’ve definitely seen it before. Brooklyn based designers Triboro have taken this timeless design and reprinted in nothing but fluorescent red, and I have to say it looks pretty awesome. Triboro is made up of a husband and wife team David Heasty and Stefanie Weigler, who have a great portfolio of work including designing for William Rast (love that flag-esque logo), Knopf, GQ and more.

Going back to the poster, this new design clearly loses some of it’s context without the classic color coded system that Vignelli created, but there’s something quite charming about this new application. It’s almost like the intensity of the color demands your attention, like the maps don’t want you to get lost. Eye-catching at the very least.

Found through Thinking for a Living

Bobby

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3. That looks awesome!

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5. Just bought one! Beautiful poster that’s going to look nice in my living room. The designers are in Greenpoint and have more available,so if you live in New York I highly advise picking one up.

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6. Ooo definitely going to try and get one of these! Beautiful! I think having one color doesn’t really matter, as the subway is all numbers and letters anyway. It’d suck for say the metro in DC where it’s all Red, Blue, Green, Orange lines.

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