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Designing a good transit map is more complicated than it looks. Consider iconic designer Massimo Vignelli’s 1972 map of the New York City subway: Designed to be easily read at a glance, the map ...
For true reliability you’ll need to build directly in hardware, which is exactly what this map of the London tube system uses. The base map is printed directly on PCB, with LEDs along each of ...
In 1931, Harry Beck drew a diagram of the London Underground ... Below is an illustration of the actual geography of the tube's Zone 1 (left) versus Beck's simplified map (right): A BBC Four ...
But an incredible new version of the London Underground map promises to make missing the train a thing of the past. Created by engineer and writer Ben James, this live version of the iconic Tube ...
But the London Underground map has been given a ... I'm coming around to the idea that this might now be better than the actual tube map. Something that I thought I wouldn't say in my lifetime.' ...
The London Underground map has been updated and redrawn ... so I’ve loved working on an actual map and thinking about the gaps between the locations and complicating the neatness of the lines.” ...
The London Underground map has been redrawn in a “circles and spokes” design by a university lecturer who called the official map “garbage”. Maxwell Roberts, who posted a picture of his ...
For anyone with even a passing acquaintance with London, the city's Tube map is as iconic as the red buses or the black cabs. But for the past few years, there's been something not quite right ...
The complex maps, intricately made out the childhood favourite, chart the evolution of the London Underground as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. Each map is made up of more than 1,000 Lego ...
The map reimagines Underground lines as different aspects of the capital's musical heritage By Sophie Williams LONDON — A new Tube map showcasing the breadth of London’s artists and music ...
Emanuele Biasiol has created a playlist for every London Underground line. So dogged is our quest to find alternative tube maps, we've even shared one that tells you what tube stations taste like.
Any commuter knows the frustration of watching the train they've just run for already pulling away from the platform. But an incredible new version of the London Underground map promises to make ...