Passenger Information System: Design Manual for the Swiss Federal Railways
The Swiss Federal Railways manual demonstrates how typography, pictograms, and grids can guide millions of people with clarity.
Lars Müller Publishers · 2026 · 220 pages · ISBN 9783037787847
Topics: Information Design, Graphic Design, Design Systems, Design History
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Why it matters
Few projects show the public value of systematic graphic design as clearly as this railway manual. Its language-independent approach connects identity, wayfinding, and everyday service delivery.
Best for
Best for information designers, wayfinding teams, transit designers, and anyone building a visual system that must work consistently at scale.
What you’ll learn
You will learn how grids, pictograms, naming, and placement rules become an understandable environment rather than a collection of isolated signs.
