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Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Small Map Redesign Project
Rob has done a good job with an overview of our Mapping & Diagramming class, so I'll just proceed on to talking about our first project.Back in 1995, CMU's Design building, Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall (known simply as Margaret Morrison or MM here) had an exit closed for a few weeks during summer. CMU maintenance put up this map: 
Our class found roughly 30 things wrong with its design, some of which are pretty obvious, some not so. Stuff like the North on the directional arrow looks like a Z, for instance. Considering how complicated the map is compared to the information it wants to convey, it's pretty bad. My solution (pdf 24k) is a lot simpler: almost too simple, some would argue. But I think it's a hell of a lot clearer.
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