The London Transport Museum at nowadays has a department on Google Arts as well as Culture which allows you lot to explore 22 historical London Underground maps as well as 150 vintage London Underground posters.
Among the maps inwards the collection is an early on Harry Beck designed Map of the Underground (1933). Harry Beck was inspired past times an electrical circuit diagram for his map of the London Underground. His transit map uses right away lines as well as to a greater extent than or less equal spaced stations rather than follow a strict geographical plan. Many of Beck's master copy pattern principles are even as well as hence used inwards the modern London Underground map as well as inwards many transit organisation maps used only about the world.
Compare Beck's map amongst this to a greater extent than geographically accurate Pocket Underground map of the Underground from 1908. I was heavily inspired past times the 1908 Pocket Underground map when creating my animated map of The First xl Years of the London Underground.
Among the 150 map posters inwards the collection is MacDonald Gill's By Paying Us Your Pennies (1908) map. Gill was a graphic designer, cartographer, creative someone as well as architect. His Paying Us Your Pennies map is to a greater extent than usually known every bit the 'Wonderground Map'. Gill's hand-drawn fantasy trend map of London proved as well as hence pop amongst the London populace that it is oft credited amongst saving the London Underground (it had been struggling earlier the poster's release).
The London Underground Poster collection also includes a poster designed past times the famous American creative someone Map Ray. His Keeps London Going (1938) poster plays on the visual similarity of the London Underground roundel logo to the planet Saturn. The London Underground Museum has a brief line concern human relationship of how Man Ray used a photogram to practise his poster.
The London Undeground poster collection includes 4 posters designed past times Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird). Fougasse was a cartoonist as well as editor of Punch magazine. As good every bit designing posters for London Underground Fougasse created many propaganda posters during World War II.
Fougasse's posters for London Underground concentrate on the etiquette of traveling past times tube, such every bit having your ticket laid upwardly when approaching the barrier, passing downwards within the develop as well as standing on the correct when riding the escalators. The poster inwards a higher house is Fougasse's Please Stand on the Right (1944).
These are only a few of my favorites posters inwards the novel London Underground Collection on Google Arts as well as Culture. There are 146 other amazing posters inwards the collection. I'm certain you lot volition convey your ain favorites.
