{"id":1810130,"date":"2022-11-29T19:50:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1810130"},"modified":"2023-07-11T11:16:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:16:48","slug":"part-two-of-unfinished-londons-tube-map-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/part-two-of-unfinished-londons-tube-map-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Part Two of Unfinished London&#8217;s Tube Map History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What went wrong with the Tube Map?\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jaEhvWXmLyk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jaEhvWXmLyk\">part two of Jay Foreman\u2019s history of London Tube\u2019s map<\/a>, which looks at its post-Beck existence and increasing clutter and complication. (To say nothing of Beck\u2019s post-map existence.) Part one is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cTLCfl01zuE\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/09\/unfinished-london-history-of-the-tube-map\/\">Unfinished London: History of the Tube Map<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/06\/kenneth-field-dump-the-map\/\">Kenneth Field: \u2018Dump the Map\u2019<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/06\/so-the-launch-of-the-new-tube-map-seems-to-be-going-well\/\">So the Launch of the New Tube Map Seems to Be Going Well<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/12\/tube-map-adds-thameslink-stations-becomes-more-even-complicated\/\">Tube Map Adds Thameslink Stations, Becomes More Even Complicated<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/12\/has-the-tube-map-become-too-complicated\/\">Has the Tube Map Become Too Complicated?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And here\u2019s part two of Jay Foreman\u2019s history of London Tube\u2019s map, which looks at its post-Beck existence and increasing clutter and complication. (To say nothing of Beck\u2019s post-map existence.) Part one is here. Previously:&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/part-two-of-unfinished-londons-tube-map-history\/\">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":[1196,166,204],"class_list":["post-1810130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-beck","tag-london","tag-tube","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1809224,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/09\/unfinished-london-history-of-the-tube-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1810130,"position":0},"title":"Unfinished London: History of the Tube Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 September 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cTLCfl01zuE Jay Foreman\u2019s look at the history of London\u2019s Tube map is presented as part of his Unfinished London series, rather than as an episode of Map Men, of which he is half, so it\u2019s in a slightly different mode. 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The current TfL network map (PDF) is,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Transit&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Transit","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/transit\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/arturs-beck-1024x717.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/arturs-beck-1024x717.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/arturs-beck-1024x717.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/arturs-beck-1024x717.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1810192,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/12\/kenneth-field-redesigns-the-tube-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1810130,"position":2},"title":"Kenneth Field Redesigns the Tube Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 December 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Kenneth Field has been a vocal critic of the London tube map\u2019s increasing complexity and clutter. Earlier this year he advocating dumping the map and starting from a clean slate. At last month\u2019s NACIS conference he revealed two versions of a redesign that does just that. Based on an earlier\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Transit&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Transit","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/transit\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"One of two redesigned London tube maps by Kenneth Field. 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It incorporates the new Elizabeth line\u2014as well as IKEA logos indicating which stations are near their stores (IKEA paid \u00a3800,000 to sponsor the map). The Evening Standard talks with Transport for London chief designer Jon Hunter about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Transit&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Transit","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/transit\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tube map (2022)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tube-map-2022-1024x820.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tube-map-2022-1024x820.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tube-map-2022-1024x820.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tube-map-2022-1024x820.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1834360,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/10\/the-truth-about-harry-beck-a-play-about-the-tube-maps-creator\/","url_meta":{"origin":1810130,"position":5},"title":"The Truth About Harry Beck: A Play About the Tube Map&#8217;s Creator","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"3 October 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"The Truth About Harry Beck, a play about the designer of London\u2019s iconic Tube map, is at the London Transport Museum\u2019s Cubic Theatre through January. Writer and director Andy Burden spent years working on the play. 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