![]() in his research, hustwit also unearthed unpublished footage by a photographer named stan ries who had been there that night and captured the scene in its controversial and creative glory. It was a ‘wonderful coincidence’ then, when filmmaker and design historian gary hustwit got his hands on the lost two-hour long audio recording of the event, which captured this pivotal moment in design history. architects, designers, city officials, and ordinary new yorkers attended the debate and weighed in with their considerations and concerns about the future of the new york city subway map in a lively conversation thought to be lost to history. the crux of the now-legendary dispute centered around a battle between the minimalist, graphically-gratifying 1972 map by creative force massimo vignelli, and the more contextual, geographically-accurate map proposed by cartographer john tauranac. Looking at a new york city subway map today might not necessarily conjure up visions of a highly contentious and controversial design debate - but in 1978, that’s exactly what went down one april evening at the cooper union.
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