New York City Streets & Services Everywhere by Rachel Abrams

We hosted Rachel Abrams at Mesh for a talk about New York City's new citywide wayfinding system.

Abrams taught in the Interaction Design MFA programme at the School of Visual Arts, sat on the board of AIGA's New York chapter, was a fellow of the Design Trust for Public Space, and had previously been an adjunct professor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

The first phase of the system, commissioned by the New York City Department of Transportation and designed by PentaCityGroup, was unveiled in May 2013. It aimed to encourage walking, cycling and public transport by providing consistent, official information on street signs and at every CitiBike station. Abrams described how industrial, urban graphic and interaction designers worked with cartographers, GIS specialists and city officials to make the city easier to navigate on foot and by bike.

Speakers

• Rachel Abrams, Interaction Design MFA faculty, School of Visual Arts; AIGA NY board; Design Trust for Public Space fellow — New York City Streets & Services Everywhere

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