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For Project Subway NYC, she has created a growing series of detailed three-dimensional maps to help guide people through NYC subways. Over the past few years, architect Candy Chan has been developing a series of graphic designs that handily avoid potential conflicts with the MTA altogether (as they include no on-site interventions). While that claim is debatable, clearly the MTA is not open to guerrilla interventions. In this case, authorities argued that existing signage was sufficient. These too, however, were removed by the MTA.
Situated at eye level, they would be hard to miss. His below-grade interventions were designed to help people choose exits, providing guidance on the directions and destinations of staircases. In 2015, Rhode Island School of Design student Ryan Murphy took a similar approach but focused specifically on exit (rather than entry) signs, skirting the MTA-raised issue of overloading particular train cars. The MTA’s argument: such signs could lead to overcrowding in desirable cars. Still, they were taken down almost as quickly as they were put up. The EPP sign designs incorporate similar typography and colored dots, made to coordinate with existing MTA signage. The anonymous creator of the EPP describes the NYC subway system as “a labyrinth of tunnels and transfers and stairways” and explains that the EPP project “is an attempt to kind of rationalize some of that environment, and just make a more enjoyable, faster commute.” The solution: a guerrilla intervention using the visual language of the Metro Transit Authority. The problem: it can be hard to know which car will position a passenger to most easily access their connecting train or desired exit.
Launched in 2014, the E fficient Passenger Project was developed to help people get on and off optimal train cars in NYC. New York City’s network is particularly notorious, a maze on many levels. These three creative projects were all developed in response to its complexity and share a common aim: making the NYC rail system easier to navigate through graphic design.
Urban subway systems can be disorienting, particularly when it comes to changing trains, exiting stations and maneuvering through multiple underground floors.
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