Massimo Vignelli New York City Subway Map. New york renowned graphic designer massimo vignelli whose vision extended from subterranean transit maps to airline logos died tuesday at age 83. The late great massimo vignelli redesigned new york city s subway metro signage in the early 1970s.

The scene the great hall of the cooper union for the advancement of science and art on astor place. Reconceived the new york mta s subway map for the digital age with an interactive interface that combined the modernist simplicity of massimo vignelli s 1972 concept with the. The map shows all the commuter rail subway path and light rail operations in urban northeastern new jersey and midtown and lower manhattan highlighting super bowl boulevard prudential center metlife stadium and jersey city.

The map is based on a new york city subway map originally designed by vignelli in 1972.

Adoration from the design community and kickback from native new yorkers who were expecting a geographically correct map rather than a modernist schematic layout. The scene the great hall of the cooper union for the advancement of science and art on astor place. Its designer massimo vignelli had sacrificed geographical accuracy for clarity by reinterpreting new york s tangled labyrinth of subway lines as a neat diagram. Each station was shown as a dot.