ThoughtMap

I love absolutely everything about the July 1, 2008, Christopher Niemann column in the New York Times: the writing; the blocky yet somehow warm illustrations; the idea of the children’s’ love for the subway and the way they’ve integrated the maps, routes, colors, and schedules into everything they do; the at once painful and funny part about Gustav’s heartbroken wail, “Local…I want the local.”

This is design getting it just right.

[via kottke.org]