Mapping the Underground was not for the faint-hearted – it rapidly became a source of frustration, and in some cases obsession – often driving its custodians to the point of distraction. The story of how the Underground map evolved is almost as troubled and fraught with complexities as the transport network it represents. Hailed by the art and design community as a cultural artefact, it has also inspired other culturally important pieces of artwork, and in 2006 was voted second in BBC 2’s Great British Design Test.īut it almost didn’t make it out of the notepad it was designed in. Sported on t-shirts, keyrings, duvet covers, and most recently, downloaded an astonishing twenty million times in app form, the map remains a long-standing icon of British design and ingenuity. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER, THIS TITLE IS DUE IN STOCK MID-SEPTEMBER 2022.įew transportation maps can boast the pedigree that London’s iconic ‘Tube’ map can.
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