Louis Vuitton x Vogue (Japan) x Daniel Sannwald
Photography: Daniel Sannwald
3D Design: Rizon Parein
Art direction : Rizon Parein, Gary Card and Daniel Sannwald
Stylist: Shun Watanabe
Model: Brett Lloyd
The New York City Subway Map Gets a Retro Face-Lift.
NY Times – City Room (Swipe)
It was gorgeous. It was abstract. It was criticized. It was confusing. And it’s back.
With its 45- and 90-degree angles and one color per subway line, the 1972 subway map by Massimo Vignelli was divorced from the cityscape, devoid of street or neighborhood names. It was criticized because its water was not blue and its parks were not green. Paul Goldberger called it “a stunningly handsome abstraction” that “bears little relation to the city itself.”
Now Men’s Vogue has asked Mr. Vignelli to update his iconic subway map for the May design issue.
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