Even in smaller municipalities, design is often overlooked. When creating a logo for their community, many suburbs rehash the ...

with less legible subway routes. The MTA and many commenters have noted the 2025 map's similarities to a 1972 design by Italian designer Massimo Vignelli and Joan Charysyn. Because of the massive ...

I’m glad it’s inspired by the iconic 1972 Vignelli map. Beautiful design always makes lives better," while another added, "The NYC subway map is like pornography to me." ...

The famous Massimo Vignelli subway map lasted between 1972 and 1979. (Courtesy MTA) The subsequent 1979 and 1998 maps were designed by Michael Hertz Associates. (Courtesy MTA) The new subway map ...

What’s new in the 2025 NYC subway map? Designed by the agency's Creative Services Mapping Department as inspired by the Vignelli map, the new layout uses bold, straight lines to help the eyes ...

It is easier to read with its bold colors while honoring past maps. It plays off Massimo Vignelli's iconic 1972 geometric subway map and retains the brand colors of the maps from 1979 and 1998 ...

instead returning to the more abstracted view of the beloved 1972 map from Massimo Vignelli. Subway lines are no longer mapped out with exact curvature, but with lines as straight as possible.

reminiscent of the iconic 1972 subway map designed by Massimo Vignelli. “It’s not every day that we get to unveil a new New York City icon,” MTA C hairman Janno Lieber told reporters ...

On that evening inside Cooper Union’s Great Hall, Italian designer Massimo Vignelli attempted, in vain, to defend his abstract map of New York City’s subway system against the push for a more ...

Trouble is this “subway diagram” (it’s not even called a map) looks almost identical to the modernist version by artist Massimo Vignelli that was scrapped in 1979, seven years after it went up. New ...

Though the new subway map may be seen as vindication for fans of Vignelli’s version, Meyer says the redesign is not about choosing sides, but about getting people information efficiently.