Client: Boston Magazine
Added: July 31, 2009
Updated: April 15, 2011
Views: 5772
Discipline: Graphic Design
Tags: boston, magazine, subway map, t
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Description:
Boston magazine held a sort of design invitational for the cover of their annual Best of Boston issue this year. Several designers from around Boston were asked to submit comps—here's my winning design!
It's based on the most recent version of the Boston subway (known as the "T") map. The "best of" categories are used in place of station names.
They changed it a bit based on what I had submitted (see image 2). I'm kind of disappointed that they nixed the "key" at the bottom left and added the overgrown Clarendon clutter to the masthead. Oh well, I guess that's show-biz...I'm just glad I got to finally live the dream of designing a subway map, sort-of.
Alex Camlin said on July 31, 2009
Thanks Jonathan. I do like the gray-blue they used for the masthead and border. Punched it up a little. I just felt like removing the key made it look a bit unfinished, or not fully realized.
Charlotte Strick said on August 15, 2009
Very cool Alex. Congrats on the winning entry. Wish I could read the key!
Alex Camlin said on August 19, 2009
Thanks Mark.
Thanks Charlotte—the key isn't that interesting, just some FPO copy about the number of new categories, etc. I was hoping they would meet me halfway and write something clever that would go with the theme. Anyway, it was still a lot of fun.
Jonathan Sainsbury said on July 31, 2009