Some might argue that uniformity wipes out the cities’ unique identities. He also kept all the lines vertical, horizontal, or 45 degrees inclined, and limited most of them to no more than five bends on their entire lengths. Key rules? Enlarging city centers to accommodate the crowd of lines and stations, and using a uniform set of colors, symbols, and labeling.
Underlying all of this is INAT, a set of guidelines Cerovic developed to help him design maps that are easy to read and memorize. Here’s a little summary of what passes for Cerovic’s design philosophy: It otherwise fails as a useful navigating tool. As The Atlantic Cities’ Jenny Xie explained, Cerovic has tried to come up with a design that can be applied across the world and is both easy to read and easy to memorize. Over the past few days, Jug Cerovic’s project to standardize the world’s subway maps has been making the rounds. Lately, we’ve seen New York’s system with a DC twist, a regional transit map and even a circular map. The Vignelli map, of course, remains the standard for artistic design trumping usefulness, and the KICK Map seems to meld something easy to read with something useful. I don’t hate the current map, though I find it a bit overrun with information, and I’ve always enjoyed attempts at reimagining the map. (Click to enlarge)Īs far as creative takes on New York City subway maps go, I’m a pretty accepting guy.
So, here’s the inspiring compilation of metro maps from around the world.Įurope Paris, France London Map Berlin, Germany Naples, Italy Oslo, Norway Lille – France Frankfurt Subway Map, Germany Oslo, Norway Prague, Czech Republic Barcelona, Spain Amsterdam, Netherlands Athens, Greece Munich, Germany Vienna, Austria Lyon, France Bucharest, Romania Buenos Aires, Argentina Lausanne, Switzerland Brussels, Belgium America Boston, USA NYC Subway Map Chicago’s Metro WASHINGTON D.C.A map I don’t much like. As designer, you can also learn a bit or two about wayfinding graphics when analyzing these designs. These maps would be helpful for you in exploring these differences and would also come handy when you want to find out any place in the city. These maps show the infrastructure of the city each city is different from another because of the look, feel, regional culture, typography and many other things. In this post, we have collected some interesting metro map designs around the globe.
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