New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual 2014 ltd ed oop hc

Description: You are bidding on a book: New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual, this is the limited edition 2014 reprint, 174 pages, 13 3/4” x 13 3/4" This book is in very good condition. AS NEW: Without faults or defects, unread, new bookstore condition. VERY GOOD: A used book showing some small signs of wear on either binding or dust jacket. GOOD: The average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. FAIR: A worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title page, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket, etc. may also be worn. All defects/faults must be noted. POOR: A book that is sufficiently worn that its only merit is the complete text, which must be legible. "If you found yourself in the New York City subway in the 1960s, you were probably lost. Signs didn’t help you find your way, standards didn’t exist,even handmade lettering was common. Mass confusion was the status quo. In 1970, the Standards Manual changed everything. In 1967 the New York City Transit Authority hired Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda of the design firm Unimark International to design a signage and wayfinding system that would solve the problem underground. The work they delivered, the 1970 New York City Transit Authority Graphic Standards Manual, succeeded in that goal and, perhaps unintentionally, the Standards Manual became one of the world’s classic examples of modern design." An original copy of this book is on display in MOMA. Full-size reprint of the original 1970 edition (the original was an over-sized orange plastic 5-ring binder.) Printed in Italy on 100 and 140 gsm Munken Pure ivory offset paper. 8.5 pounds; 14" x 14"; 364 pp; illustrations throughout, some in color; a few gatefold pages. Bound in Cialux cloth wrap with a hand-sewn binding. 12 page Introduction and Essay. Out of print. This copy, licensed by the MTA, is part of a one-time only limited print run of 6490 copies. _gsrx_vers_1634 (GS 9.6 (1634))

Price: 375 USD

Location: New York, New York

End Time: 2024-12-27T14:28:55.000Z

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