In 1978, The Cooper Union, an art school in New York City, held a debate between two designers that would determine the future of information design for the largest public transit system in the world.

Design disciplines, like user experience (UX) design, have evolved to excel at devising experiences that make digital interfaces navigable. They accomplish this through a deep understanding of user ...

Subway riders are leaving behind the MetroCard, orange-seat subway cars, and now the subway map too. Last week, the MTA unveiled a new subway map that officials say will be easier to read and navigate ...

New York City’s subway system has a new map with a very old design concept. Rolling out in a handful of stations across the city, a pilot version of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) ...

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The creation of an exclusive underground map of the Big Apple is reportedly in the works, which officials claim could curb ...

In the mid-1990s I attended a public county meeting in Cornelius, N.C., a town next to Davidson, where I had just been hired as a city planner. Davidson was at odds with the county’s proposed ...

The MTA released Wednesday the first wholesale update of the New York City subway map in nearly 50 years, reminiscent of the iconic 1972 subway map designed by Massimo Vignelli. “It’s not every day ...

Map design and the significance of built environments continue to be inherently integral to gameplay within the realm of virtual worlds and video games, specifically in the genre of first-person ...

Renderings of a concept for the Burlington Street Bridge project in Iowa City, which will look to replace the bridge and related infrastructure. The multiyear construction period, whose price is ...