Tag: Design
As designer Andrew Lynch points out, though traditional Subway maps are extraordinarily useful, in the strictest sense, many aren’t really maps at all: proportions are skewed in favor of readability, so that the distance between two stops on the map may not truly reflect their actual proximity. With a passion for accuracy and an eye […]
“As I started developing my collection, it became visually obvious that there is a trend for this genre,” says Brooklyn designer Josh Smith of his digital library of indie music. “I actually began to get confused and clicked on the wrong album, thinking it was a different band.” Keeping some of those trends in mind, […]
Ever wonder just how much more inconvenient transit was back in the days before airplanes and the interstate highway system? A set of maps unearthed by Mother Nature Network goes into detail. The maps, produced by the Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States in 1932, use New York City as a starting point […]
