Uncovering the First, Fascinating Rulebook for Subway Sign Design
The 180-page binder, the key to the system’s iconic design choices, outlines a meticulous vision of signage intended not merely to look good — though it does — but to simplify navigation of the subterranean labyrinth. In its attention to passenger behavior, the manual goes above and beyond what most of us would term graphic design.
“The subway rider should be given only information at the point of decision,” proclaimed the designers. “Never before. Never after.”
Read more. [Images: NYCTA]
Cleaning the Guggenheim.
Dumbo’s New Recycled Watertower
This piece is just too cool. I love taking ordinary objects and making them spectacular.
(via Brooklyn Museum: Keith Haring: 1978–1982)
This is me bookmarking possible exhibitions to see while I’m in NYC in March. Expect more :)
Guggenheim’s Mind-blowing Maurizio Cattelan Installation
I think this would be dizzying to witness in person, which is probably a bit of the point.
(via From Courbet to the Bronx, The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Names Gets Marriage Memorial)
Such a beautiful piece, with a great story behind it. Easily my favorite type of artwork (sculpture + story).
The Precious Gems Art History Forgot
Maybe I’m a bad modern art historian, but I had no idea artists like Calder, Dali, and de Chirico made jewelry like this! I only wish the article included more pictures. The decorative arts are so under-appreciated.
(via Making Art from WTC Dust)
As poignant as this is, I can’t help but get this grim mental picture of the artist scooping up dust from that day. I think that would be the farthest thing from my mind.
About the Exhibition | Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (by gressiaohnia)
