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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

The more things change.


1970 is a common ad theme today. Came across a link to this standards manual for the New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual from 1970. Pendulum appears to have swung as this same clean look is what we have today, albeit with a little more color.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The subway maps of my childhood...

I remember thinking how cool and modern they looked when they first came out. A lot easier to read too.