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Uncovering the First, Fascinating Rulebook for Subway Sign Design
via theatlantic:
The 180-page binder, the key to the system’s iconic design choices, outlines a meticulous vision of signage intended not merely to look good — though it does — but to simplify navigation of the subterranean labyrinth. In its attention to passenger behavior, the manual goes above and beyond what most of us would term graphic design.
“The subway rider should be given only information at the point of decision,” proclaimed the designers. “Never before. Never after.”
Read more. [Images: NYCTA]
Saying goodbye to a key part of the urban landcape over the last 50+ years…
via nycdoitt:
Check out the video of the Reinvent Payphones Information Session held on January 23, 2013. City officials from eight agencies answered participants’ questions ranging from redesigning public space, to providing amenities in City parks, to integrating with transportation furniture. Here are some key takeaways:
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- Think about how the city could provide new services, useful information, and communications technology while sustaining current revenues.
- Ensure prototypes are future-focused; consider the rapid pace of technological change.
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Submit your prototype at nyc.gov/reinventpayphones before 9AM EST on February 18, 2013 and you could help shape the future of New York City’s streets. Competition judges will select up to 15 semi-finalists to present at the Reinvent Payphones demo day on Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
Pictogram poster depicting the plot of The Matrix
Clients From Hell: After spending a few days developing a website, I asked the client to...
Captcha-22 situations…
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After spending a few days developing a website, I asked the client to test the new features. He sent me an email complaining that he could not make a new account with the current version of the website.
Client: The font is really bad. I can’t read it and I keep getting some errors during the…
Royal Mail reveals Doctor Who stamps
via bonniegrrl:
The collection marks the 50th anniversary of sci-fi show Doctor Who, with all 11 Doctors getting their own first class stamp.
Four of the show’s most notorious villains, including the Daleks and the Cybermen, star on the second class set.
The show first ran from 1963 to 1989. A successful revival returned it to Saturday night schedules in 2005.
Andrew Hammond of the Royal Mail said the commemorative selection “pay tribute to the brilliant actors that have played the Doctor over the years, as well as the adversaries that helped make the show so popular”
Gimme all the Doctor Who stamps!!!
Joy Division’s Iconic Album Cover Is Actually a Data Visualization?
via theatlanticvideo:
Everyone and their uncle (particularly the kind of uncle who was into new wave back in the day) has seen the iconic cover for Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, which has become one of the most identifiable pieces of cover art of its age and beyond. But have you ever wondered how this textured virtual landscape came to be? As part of their upcoming conference in New York, Visualized interviewed graphic designer Peter Saville about how this legendary cover became the image to represent Joy Division.
