@Wayfinding

Useful news/topics for environmental graphic designers, wayfinding planners/designers and architects. By Ian D in

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Our new map! 🎉 This will be our system starting NOON Friday when the new A and E Lines debut along with 3 new DTLA stations. Friendly reminder: FREE rides on our 🚍🚉🚲🚐 from 3am Friday to 3am Monday to celebrate the opening of the Regional Connector. See you on board!
The new map of the Metro Rail and Busway system. The map shows the new A and E Lines and the three new downtown L.A. stations. The A Line will run between Azusa and Long Beach and the E Line will run between Azusa and Long Beach. The new stations are: Little Tokyo/Arts District, Historic Broadway and Grand Ave Arts/Bunker Hill.

ALT The new map of the Metro Rail and Busway system. The map shows the new A and E Lines and the three new downtown L.A. stations. The A Line will run between Azusa and Long Beach and the E Line will run between Azusa and Long Beach. The new stations are: Little Tokyo/Arts District, Historic Broadway and Grand Ave Arts/Bunker Hill.

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Sony takes over Oxford Circus Tube station with its button symbols

The gaming giant has partnered with Transport for London (Tfl) to celebrate the launch of the new PlayStation 5 by giving a new look to Oxford Circus Tube station.

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Walmart looks to airports as inspiration of new store layout washingtonpost.com/health/wa…
A good read covering the technical challenge of making dynamically-created transit maps appear correct (and pretty!) link.medium.com/AxtW5npJpZ

A Technical Follow-Up: How We Built the World’s Prettiest Auto-Generated Transit Maps

by Anton Dubrau

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Typography on the Subway: A Trip Around the World by @magalhini medium.com/p/typography-on-t…
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Dogs in Napier streetscape.
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It's #SuperBowlSunday! Many fans will arrive at the stadium today via #Atlanta's transit network. For #SuperbowlLII, #MARTA released a special edition of their map, much like the @MTA did for the 2014 #SuperBowl. Check out the two maps below and tell us who you’re rooting for!
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This #NYTMcollection photo shows an #R44 car on the #StatenIslandRailway in 1977. If you look closely, you can see a commuter rail #LineMap designed by #JoanCharysyn on the #train. See this #map up-close in our #NavigatingNY #exhibition in #Brooklyn: nytransitmuseum.org/exhibits.
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Coming next week to Mini Metro: Creative Mode! Take any existing map, then build it any way you want. Place stations anywhere, run as many locomotives and carriages as you want. Design your dream map! Recreate your local metro! Make cool looping GIFs!
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A Map of Every Building in America nyti.ms/2A60CgS
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How easily can you read road signs? @Monotype is leading a new research group on type legibility: bit.ly/2jVChT8
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It's a sad day for Helvetica xitter.cf/pretareporter/status/8… – at Toronto, Ontario
Hollywood Reporter Style@thrstyle14 Jan 2017
American Apparel is closing all 110 stores as well as its L.A. headquarters: thr.cm/T2mukZ
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Getting addicted to solving Sao Paulo's transit dilemma #MiniMetro – at Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Edward Tufte gives a public lecture at @utwente on Thursday Nov 24th. gip.itc.nl/geovislab/public/… #information #design #data #visualization
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Interested in maps, #signage or #wayfinding? Become an SDS member for free talks + much more bit.ly/1c75mTT
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New wayfinding signs at Wood St Station.
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Beacon #wayfinding tech at airports ln.is/www.aviationpros.com/y…
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Honoured to have our latest follower! @LanceWymanNews
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Does your museum add its own touch to the restroom signs? Tag with #museumWC! Found this at @historiskamuse
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