Massimo Vignelli Updates His NYC Subway Design

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Massimo Vignelli has updated his classic and beautiful 1972 NYC Subway Map design for 2008. I own an original and personally I think the original design is much better. The colors were a lot more interesting. This version seems to have the more boring colors we see today.

Vignelli is selling the 2008 version through Men’s Vogue as a limited edition of 500, all signed by Massimo for $299. The size is 36″ x 45″ and printed on 80# Mohawk Superfine, Ultrawhite Eggshell.

Proceeds will benefit Green Worker Cooperatives, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating worker-owned and environmentally sound cooperatives in the South Bronx.        

Limited Edition Helvetica Blu-ray Designed By Experimental Jetset

Helvetica Blu-ray Experimental Jetset Limited Edition

A Blu-ray version of the Helvetivca documentary has been announced today. This limited-edition versions comes in a 12″ gatefold record cover created by amazingly talented Experimental Jetset. It contains the Blu-ray disc on one side and a fold-out poster in the other, all housed in a custom black cloth record bag. 1,500 copies have been produced and each copy is signed by director Gary Hustwit.

This thing is freakin’ gorgeous! I want one so bad but the price is a little steep, $125. You can pre-order it now and it will ship on May 6th. There’s also a standard Blu-ray version that’s only $26.

Now I have to explain to my wife why I’m spending $125 on a DVD.        

Limited Edition: Grids Are Good For the Soul Poster

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A few months ago I wrote a short article on grids which I titled “Grids Are Good For the Soul”. I fell in love with the title and ended up designing this poster around it.

Grids Are Good For The Soul is screen printed by hand by Post Expose, which contains a quote by the legendary Josef Müller-Brockmann, is printed in sky blue on 80lb cream colored paper. This goes without saying, but it was also designed on a grid system.

– $25
– Edition of 20.
– 23×33 inches.
– Set in Helvetica.
– Numbered and signed

SOLD OUT!

Head over to the AisleOne store and get yourself a copy of this limited edition print before they’re all gone. You can check out more photos on my Flickr page as well as photos of the posters being printed.

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Neubau Modul

Neubau Modul

Neubau has just recently this excellent limited edition book called Neubau Modul which contains a catalog of royalty free patterns that are included on a DVD in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator formats. The book also comes with a copy of their typeface, NB7050.

Neubau Modul (Electronic & Analogue Patterns), signed & personalised
Numbered Edition of 1st edition 2007 – (limited 100 PCS)

Containing
1xNB7050™ (Bonus Typeface)
1xNB-Modulmeter™
1xDVD including 2031 NB-Patterns (Royalty Free!)
Compatible with Macintosh & Windows, Adobe CS™ & NeubauWelt™

Synopsis
Neubau Modul is a practical tool that provides designers with over 2,000 editable and infinitely repeatable patterns. As with Neubau Welt, all of the work shown in this book can also be found as Adobe Illustrator and bitmap files on an included DVD that can be used on any platform. The DVD also contains the entire digital collection of patterns as a practical Swatch Library, enabling designers to immediately put them to use in any project in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

Kat.Nr.: NBM-S, signed
Offset Print, full colour, signed and numbered edition, 1/2007

Format: 240x280MM
Pages: 304 PP + DVD
Colours: Panotne 804, Pantone 805, Pantone 810, Pantone 812,
Pantone 814, Pantone Black
Quantity: 100 PCS
Availability: positive