A couple summers ago (really?) I wrote about the appeal the NYC subway system holds. Some of what I wrote holds true: I still love the MTA subway map; but the 7-day unlimited card now costs $29.
Via Twitter, I ran across this multimodal essay by Melanie Holcolmb, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In it, she combines images from the Met collections with her thoughts about maps (including the NYC subway map) as tools for communication and inspiration. ”Is it about grasping the world with a single glance?” she asks. “Or is it about setting out on a journey?”
This trip to NYC will be my first on which my beloved fold-out map of the city is enhanced by my iPhone. Part of me thinks that will be awesome to have even more of “the world at a single [click],” but then part of me thinks thats kind of cheating as well. I’m sure I’ll report my findings.
Oh, and in case you’re wondering what three UIWP Teacher Consultants do when they follow their map to the Met…here’s your answer:
Charlie, Class of 2008
Dan, Class of 2009
Scott, Class of 2010
To paraphrase a well-known midwesterner-turned-New Yorker: God, we’re sophisticated.
When do those pictures become a permanent installation? “Finding Yourself in Art.”
By: Daniel Kuglich on June 21, 2011
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Great post. I think in the documentary Helvetica, there’s some talk about the designer of the New York City subway map. Oh, yes, here it is:
By: Patrick on June 24, 2011
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[...] not been using my beloved fold-out map of NYC nearly as much since I got my iPhone, but the allure of the map as overview and invitation still holds strong. Because last summer’s trip was [...]
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