Uncovering the First, Fascinating Rulebook for [New York City] Subway Sign Design
From TheAtlanticCities.com: Late one night last August, three Pentagram designers rummaging through the design firm’s basement archives found the Rosetta Stone of New York subway graphics: the original Standards Manual, designed by Bob Noorda and Massimo Vignelli in the late 1960s. The 180-page binder, the key to the system’s iconic design choices, outlines a meticulous […]
RIP: Google Reader Meets Its Inevitable End
From Wired.com: Sad but true. Google is killing off its beloved Reader, much to the dismay of the community that has grown up around the web-based program that let people subscribe to news feeds from their favorite sites. It will close up shop on July 1, 2013. [Full article] But according to Twitter pundit Marco […]