{"id":1810192,"date":"2022-12-02T11:58:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T16:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1810192"},"modified":"2023-01-16T16:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T21:30:12","slug":"kenneth-field-redesigns-the-tube-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/12\/kenneth-field-redesigns-the-tube-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Field Redesigns the Tube Map"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kenneth Field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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<\/a>. At last month\u2019s NACIS<\/abbr> conference he revealed two versions of a redesign<\/a> that does just that. Based on an earlier 2019 redesign exercise<\/a>, this version is inarguably a Beck-inspired diagram; it just benefits from not shoehorning more and more information into an existing, already busy map. In fact, it removes<\/em> quite a bit of information, relegating it to the index on the reverse side. And in his second variant (above), he commits what I gather is a minor heresy by removing the iconic colours of the original Tube lines, allowing the map to use colour to indicate mode and also accommodate people with colour vision deficiency. Ken explains on his blog post<\/a>; his NACIS<\/abbr> talk is available on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previously: Part Two of Unfinished London\u2019s Tube Map History<\/a>; Kenneth Field: \u2018Dump the Map\u2019<\/a>; So the Launch of the New Tube Map Seems to Be Going Well<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update, 16 Jan 2023:<\/em> Commentary from Transit Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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