firstfloormetaphor:

18 May - 28 October 2012

A new exhibition about the inspiration, history and creativity behind London transport maps opens on Friday 18 May 2012. Mind the Map: inspiring art, design and cartography will draw on the Museum’s outstanding map collection to explore the themes of journeys, identity and publicity. The exhibition will be the largest of its kind and will include previously unseen historic material and exciting new artworks by leading artists including Simon Patterson, Stephen Walter, Susan Stockwell, Jeremy Wood, Claire Brewster, and Agnes Poitevin-Navarre.

The displays will explore geographical, diagrammatic and decorative transport maps, as well as the influence of the iconic London Tube map on cartography, art and the public imagination. The Underground, London Transport, and its successor Transport for London, have produced outstanding maps for over 100 years. These have not only shaped the city, they have inspired the world.

Looking in particular at the relationship between identity and place, Mind the Map will explore the impact maps have had on our understanding of London and how they influence the way we navigate and engage with our surroundings. Mind the Map will be accompanied by an extensive public events programme and a book to be published by Lund Humphries - London Underground Maps: Inspiring Art, Design and Cartography.

yep, another exhibition that I absolutely have to go to, thanks for that

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transitmaps:

Historical Map: British Rail Greater London Network, 1965

Here’s a fantastic map out of England in the mid-60s, showing British Rail service in the Greater London area. It’s almost staggering to think that a map this well drawn was created without the use of computers. I definitely recommend clicking through to the large image on Flickr to savour all the beautiful, crisp linework: this map is technically excellent.

Have we been there? Yes, and I’ve used many of the great London terminus stations, especially Victoria.

What we like: Fantastic mid-century design work. There’s an amazing consistency in design throughout, which makes the map flow beautifully. The icons for Underground connections (a red roundel) and station parking (a small blue square) are simple and understated, yet easily understood. Peak hour routes are grey, and local train services are thinner black lines, giving nice hierarchy to the information shown. Final destination information for each of the routes is nicely integrated around the edges of the map.

What we don’t like: The thin black tick mark used for stations has the unfortunate looking (although strangely appropriate) effect of making the route lines look like railway tracks. The dashed routes make the map look a little busy, especially towards the southwest, where there’s a huge profusion of blue-and-white routes out of Waterloo station.

Our rating: Superb example of great transit map design from the UK in the ’60s. Four-and-a-half stars.

(Source: smallritual/Flickr)

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mpdrolet:

Untitled (AMS 06-07-11), 2011 from Airports

Christoph Engel

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captaineifersucht:

So with my new found love for cartography and a batik project due in my drawing class, this monster was created. It’s nice and big, on cloth and took WAY too much time. So this took about 8 hours total to complete, and I am both proud and frustrated with it.

(Batiking is when you draw with melted wax on a cloth. You normally iron the wax off but in my case, the lines were so thin that it would leave no residue and I like the wax. Then watercolors are added)

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ginnnkeepmoving:

Day 5 - Beautiful 3D map found in a pure oasis, it’s not so match, right?
Siwa, Egypt

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Game of Thrones: cartographic flight Pt.2 - Pentos, The Eyrie, The Twins.

God I love the opening sequence.

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yajifun:

hishu nagasaki zu

肥州長嵜圖　勝俣銓吉郎 旧蔵　1821年

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