The New York subway map debate at Cooper Union April 20, 7:30 pm / edited by Gary Hustwit ; photographs by Stan Ries ; foreword by Paula Scher.

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Material type: Text

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unmediated

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ISBN:

9780989532167
098953216X

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DDC classification:

388.42097471 23

LOC classification:

TF847.N5 N49 2021

Contents:

Introduction / Gary Hustwit -- Foreword / Paul Scher -- The debate / Jonathan Barnett, Peter Blake, Arthur Drexler, Hugh Dunne, Aviva Goldstein, Richard Harris, Peter Laundy, John Tauranac, Massimo Vignelli -- Interview: John Tauranac -- Interview: Arline Bronzaft -- Interview: Peter Laundy -- Interview: Jonathan Barnett.

Summary: The discovery of a lost audio recording sheds new light on a pivotal event in design history: the 1978 debate between designer Massimo Vignelli and cartographer John Tauranac over the future of the NYC Subway Map. The New York Subway Map Debate features the full transcript and discussions that followed, along with never-before-seen photographs of the evening by Stan Ries. Edited by filmmaker and design historian Gary Hustwit, with a foreword by designer Paula Scher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	388.42097471 NEW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A561492B

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The discovery of a lost audio recording sheds new light on a pivotal event in design history: the 1978 debate between designer Massimo Vignelli and cartographer John Tauranac over the future of the NYC Subway Map. The New York Subway Map Debate features the full transcript and discussions that followed, along with never-before-seen photographs of the evening by Stan Ries. Edited by filmmaker and design historian Gary Hustwit, with a foreword by designer Paula Scher.

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