No Bad Angle: Transforming the Metro’s Identity

Spaces that are designed to be documented and published are integral to the contemporary consumption of architecture. No matter the medium or method of documentation – pop culture, publications, journalism, social media etc, the impact of photogenic design in our current age is so critical it must be considered at the earliest stage of design conception. Rather than contribute to the flattening of design culture often perpetuated by the algorithm of social media, No Bad Angle seeks to use camera-ready design to test new strategies for reviving and rebranding infrastructure that can benefit from increased viewership and users. The Los Angeles Metro, a still burgeoning system in a city dominated by the car, is the optimal foundation for a redesign. No Bad Angle imagines a metro system that invites riders in through image ready design only to find an expanded experience of LA that reaches far beyond its visual identity.