Name: Kalagouda Patil

Guide: Prof. Mandar Rane

Course: Interaction

Design of Namma Metro Map

The project explores the possibilities of interactions between a light source and a subject which projects the impression of a subject on a screen called The Shadow. Considering Light source and subject as variable factors, their behaviour of interaction is altered by changing their properties and hence the resulting phenomena is observed. Domestic lights are used as medium for the light source and paper is used as the material for the subject. Lamp is chosen as medium to explore these variables, as it is a perfect model which could lead this exploration towards a tangible output.

Namma Metro map is a bi-lingual print and web map to communicate the behavior of metro rail network to the passengers of Bengaluru city. The project initiated as a reaction to bad experiences, caused due the lack of necessary information conveyed to the passengers by transportation system. Considering the metro map reaching every passenger, several design decisions such as – size of map which is ready to print & carry, legible font size, visual symbols, index & grid system to narrow down the search area, etc. were tried, scrapped, iterated and re-iterated for 20+ times to reach the final design.

Link for map (English): http://www.bmrc.co.in/English/schematic_map.html