The New York City Subway Map as You’ve Never Seen It Before - The New York Times
The design history of the New York subway map.
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Uber, Lyft, Taxis, Design and the Age of Ambivalence + Subtraction.com
Design has disrupted taxis in a massive, almost unprecedented way. But good design doesn’t merely aim to disrupt—it should set out to actually build viable solutions. Designers shouldn’t look at a problem and say, “What we’re going to do is just fuck it up and see what happens.” That’s a dereliction of duty.
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A time-lapse video of Tokyo transportation.
Could Zeppelins soon grace our skies again? | Technology | The Guardian
Yes, yes, a thousand times, yes! "A new generation of environmentally friendly 'hybrid airships' could be just about to take off." Anything that makes everyday life more like Steampunk must be good.
Inscribed in the living tile: Type in the Toronto subway (Joe Clark)
The paper of Joe's talk at ATypI Brighton. It's fascinating, well-researched stuff.