Thursday 25 June 2009

london underground map 1933

Vignelli's map was heavily influenced by Henry Beck's legendary 1933 London Underground Map, which also tames the tangled streets of London by reducing it to colored lines with no direct reference to physical geography.

London Underground map”
London Underground map”

London Underground Map, Harry
London Underground Map, Harry

London Underground Map, Harry
London Underground Map, Harry

Henry Beck's London
Henry Beck's London

1933 London Underground Map
1933 London Underground Map

1928. Harry Beck's classic
1928. Harry Beck's classic

Underground Map • 1933 - This is Beck's first diagrammatic map widely distributed by London Underground in 1933. The simple geometric design is reflective of a modernist aesthetic, and constrains the lines to 45- and...
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london underground map 1933

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