For Freeway Signage and For Design Coverage, Finally a Clearview

We never thought we’d be writing this on a sleepy August morning, but an article that appeared over the weekend marks a turning point for our country’s graphic design coverage. With one intelligent swoop designers have gone from “those wacky type wonks” to “those smart people who are really doing something valuable for culture.”

The Road to Clarity” is by Joshua Yaffa (who we’re planning on marrying later this week) and it’s a massive six-pager in the NY Times Mag about how the freeway signage across America is slowly being re-set in the superior Clearview, not the fuzzy Highway Gothic we’ve come to love.

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