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Pentagram Redesigns NY Street Signs
Posted by JamesM in
9 Jan 2013 — 2:37pm
9 Jan 2013 — 2:37pm
New York's Department of Transportation has unveiled several new parking signs it created in partnership with a team of designers at Pentagram. Previously, parking signs had been the work of the city’s sign shop.
Article:
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2013/01/07/pentagram-redesigns-nycs-par...
Interview with designer:
http://observer.com/2013/01/sign-language-michael-bierut-dissects-his-ne...
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9 Jan 2013 — 3:06pm
Who's behind the new light-up blue street signs in large U&lc serif type?
9 Jan 2013 — 4:51pm
Definitely an improvement (even just left-aligning helped a lot).
It still seems a bit confusing, but I don't live in NYC so maybe it makes more sense in context.
9 Jan 2013 — 6:43pm
I like the older, longer en-dashes. The update looks a little like "Monday • Friday"
9 Jan 2013 — 6:47pm
I think it's an improvement overall, but the new design is too mannered to be fully functional. Like those left-aligned arrows look pretty retarded.
hhp
9 Jan 2013 — 9:25pm
As someone who used to spend quite a bit of time deciphering NYC parking signs, these are a great improvement. Might be even better if the smaller text was somewhat larger.
hhp: Absolutely right about the left-adjusted two-way arrows. They look like someone made a mistake.
- Herb