Renowned graphic designer Massimo Vignelli, whose vision extended from subterranean transit maps to airline logos, died Tuesday at age 83. He had been ill and died at his Manhattan home, said Yoshiki ...

An archivist uncovered them last week. The modernist designer Massimo Vignelli is the father of New York City’s famous 1972 subway map. Turns out he had some ideas for Washington, D.C.’s metro as well ...

I read magazines back to front. It’s a peculiar quirk of mine and there is no explanation. Sometimes it yields surprises – like the arrival of this month’s issue of Men’s Vogue. When I opened the back ...

It's been about forty years since the MTA used Italian designer Massimo Vignelli's modernist transit map, but people are still debating its merits and disagreeing on the design today. If you want to ...

It may be a less accurate representation of the city's shape, but it's far easier to understand at a glance. Inside the design drama of a century: The fight over New York City’s subway map One night ...

In 2014, we mourned the death of Massimo Vignelli, the Italian graphic designer who created the famous 1972 subway map — so loved that it sits in the Museum of Modern Art’s postwar design collection.

Five years ago, Max Roberts's reimagining of the NYC subway map as one based on concentric circles blew our minds. Now, he's got an updated version of the concentric circle map—but now with Massimo ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Max Roberts, a psychologist and transit consultant who has ...

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 ...