{"id":1807556,"date":"2022-06-02T19:30:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T23:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1807556"},"modified":"2022-06-02T19:24:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T23:24:21","slug":"so-the-launch-of-the-new-tube-map-seems-to-be-going-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/06\/so-the-launch-of-the-new-tube-map-seems-to-be-going-well\/","title":{"rendered":"So the Launch of the New Tube Map Seems to Be Going Well"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new version of London\u2019s tube map<\/a> dropped<\/a> a couple of weeks ago. It incorporates the new Elizabeth line<\/a>\u2014as well as IKEA logos indicating which stations are near their stores (IKEA paid \u00a3800,000 to sponsor the map). The Evening Standard<\/em> talks with Transport for London chief designer Jon Hunter about the new design<\/a>, which apparently took 18 months.<\/p>\n

To say the least there\u2019s been a bit of pushback from certain map design circles: yesterday\u2019s MapLab<\/em> has a good summary of the criticism<\/a>. The map has been called out for being increasingly complicated in recent years, and this redesign doesn\u2019t help. The interchanges in particular seem to be singled out as examples of egregiously poor design: see Diamond Geezer<\/a> and Cameron Booth<\/a>. Others, like Kenneth Field<\/a> and Mark Ovenden<\/a>, think the map needs nothing less than a complete redesign. Gareth Dennis<\/a> is even willing to think the unthinkable: that \u201cit’s time to retire the Beck-style Tube map and start again.\u201d (On the other hand, Cameron doesn\u2019t think the current map is all that Beck-like<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Previously: Tube Map Adds Thameslink Stations, Becomes More Even Complicated<\/a>; Has the Tube Map Become Too Complicated?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new version of London\u2019s tube map dropped a couple of weeks ago. It incorporates the new Elizabeth line\u2014as well as IKEA logos indicating which stations are near their stores (IKEA paid \u00a3800,000 to sponsor… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[166,204],"class_list":["post-1807556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-london","tag-tube","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1807666,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/06\/kenneth-field-dump-the-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1807556,"position":0},"title":"Kenneth Field: ‘Dump the Map’","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 June 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Kenneth Field is not a fan of the new Tube map. 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