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Interactive News Story, “New York’s Subway Map Like You’ve Never Seen It Before," The New York Times
This is a Interactive news story. Designed by Antonio de Luca and Sasha Portis for The New York Times; Additional reporting and production: Michael Beswetherick, Scott Blumenthal, Emma G. Fitzsimmons, Jason Fujikuni, Aaron Krolik, and Eden Weingart. It is dated December 2, 2019 and we acquired it in 2024. Its medium is original: software (interaction design, web-based). documentation: interactive web archive and screenrecorded video. It is a part of the Digital department.
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The New York Times’ "New York’s Subway Map Like You’ve Never Seen It Before" is an interactive news story exemplary of visual-first journalism. The piece leverages motion-based design to illuminate the history and evolution of Michael Hertz and Associates’ 1979 redesign of the New York City subway map through its digitization in 1998 and continued efforts to simplify its layout.
Visual journalists Antonio De Luca and Sasha Portis use the tap story modality, which was popular on social media at the time. Each tap triggers an animation that advances their reporting. As a reader taps through the story on mobile or desktop, the animations zoom along the 1979 subway map to evoke Nobiyuki Siraisi’s design process. Siraisi was the primary designer at Hertz and Associates for the map’s redesign. As de Luca and Portis report, Siraisi rode every subway line with his eyes closed, drawing what he felt in his sketchbook. His hand-drawn lines became part of the map and informed the motion de Luca and Portis use to propel the story.
Animated motion follows the path and curves of each subway line and simulates the deceleration into and acceleration out of a stop. De Luca and Portis meticulously pace the arrival at each stop with the reveal of a text box that contains nuggets of information about the map’s design. With a tap, the journey continues as the smooth, animated motion eases out of a station. The digital design of the story creates the illusion of movement and a surprising sensorial experience that would be impossible to reproduce in a printed story.
It is credited © The New York Times, acquired with permission and cooperation of The New York Times.
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Interactive News Story, “New York’s Subway Map Like You’ve Never Seen It Before," The New York Times; Designed by Antonio de Luca (Canadian, b. 1975), Sasha Portis (American, b. 1985); Produced by The New York Times; original: software (interaction design, web-based). documentation: interactive web archive and screenrecorded video; © The New York Times, acquired with permission and cooperation of The New York Times; 2024-14-1
