Ausgabe 02 — Timetables · Control Rooms · Transit Information
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Modernist clarity, made an interface standard. Hierarchy from scale, weight, and position — one signal red for position and delay.
ServiceK·01
Dep06:00
NextThe Grid
StatusOn Time
02Structure
Hierarchy from scale, weight, and position.
A strict asymmetric grid on an oversized left rail. Modules divided by hairline rules and open space — never nested boxes, never a shadow. You read the structure before you read a word.
Dep
Service
Destination
Gl
Status
06:12K·02Ringwerk5On Time
06:24K·03Hafentor1On Time
06:31K·04Messe Ost4On Time
03Exception
One signal red. Position, and delay.
Colour is spent, never scattered. On time stays monochrome. The moment a service slips, one red mark takes the board — and only then.
06:24K·03HafentorOn Time
+6 Delay
06:48K·05OstkreuzOn Time
+3 Delay
07:03K·06WesthafenOn Time
+9 Delay
07:15K·07ZentrumOn Time
+2 Delay
04Image as Diagram
Photography is a crop field.
Objective, diagrammatic, still. Each frame holds a single red mark. Text and image never contest the same ground — copy keeps to its own paper.
05The Board
Departures.
DepServiceDestinationGlStatus
Now
06:00K·01Nordpark3On Time
06:12K·02Ringwerk5On Time
06:24K·03Hafentor1+6 Delay
06:31K·04Messe Ost4Boarding
06:48K·05Ostkreuz2On Time
07:03K·06Westhafen6On Time
07:15K·07Zentrum3+2 Delay
07:30K·08Terminus1On Time
06End of Line
Terminus.
The standard is set. Take the grid, the hairline rules, the one red signal — and run your own operational surface on it.
Open the Standard
KursbuchDesign Standard · Ausgabe 02Katagami