Tag Archives: nyc subway

Wrong information or no information?

Anyone who rides the New York City subway knows that you pretty much never know when the next train is going to come.  You get to the platform and hope you didn’t just miss one.  For the most part, its just random luck (although schedules apparently exist in some secret location that even train operators [...]

Thinking about context

When designing something, understanding the context in which it will “live” is important.  I took this photo on a subway platform.  In the context of someone standing on the platform in front of this ad, it is a bit scary.  It was probably not the designer’s intention to put a gun to someone’s head.  Good [...]