Maps

I thought I'd add Vignelli's NYC subway map from 1972 to the collection of maps that are coming through from this week’s task.

Although based on the London Underground map (posted by James), I feel it refines the elements of the map a little more and creates more of a clean modernist aesthetic.

The hierarchy works well in regards to reading the map from top to bottom - title at the top, and then symbols underneath to decipher the information that is provided in the map that follows the key/symbols. There seems to be a good logic in the segregation of the information and the use of colour ties it all together. The use of a border and the top strip of the same colour also works well to define spaces on the page.

Without adding text onto the map itself (seen in the Sydney train map examples), I feel there's less confusion and a little more clarity, as there isn't an excessive amount of information bundled together.