Plate 03

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Viewing room — stories, objects and the people behind them.

Massimo Vignelli

The New York subway map that argued a city could be redrawn as a diagram — and the decade-long argument that followed.

Massimo Vignelli
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Vignelli's 1972 map removed the geography of New York in favour of clarity. Riders complained the park was the wrong shape and the water was the wrong colour. It was withdrawn in 1979 and has been celebrated ever since.

The life of a designer is a life of fight against the ugliness.

Massimo Vignelli
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