will see historic maps of London’s tube system displayed including original copies of those drawn up by iconic designer Harry Beck. On the 50 th anniversary of Beck’s death, the Mapping The ...

A play about the man who designed London’s Tube map will open in the West End on the 50th anniversary of his death. The Truth About Harry Beck will open at the London Transport Museum’s own ...

Share You won't find Harry Beck's face on any coins or postage ... in the early 1930s when he created a radical new map of the London Underground. His linear, color-coded diagram was at first ...

Sometimes, awesomeness passes us by and we don’t notice it until a while later. This is from 2012, but it’s so friggin’ insane we just have to cover it even if it’s late. Yuri Suzuki is ...

Even the most occasional visitor to London will be familiar with the Tube map. Designed by Harry Beck in 1931, the iconic guide is renowned for its straightforward user-friendliness and has ...

Harry Beck was a technical draughtsman who redesigned the London Underground map. It was a radically different map to anything produced before but was soon copied by many other cities. Coco Chanel ...

Harry Beck was a technical draughtsman who redesigned the London Underground map. It was a radically different map to anything produced before but was soon copied by many other cities. Coco Chanel ...

Even the most occasional visitor to London will be familiar with the Tube map. Designed by Harry Beck in 1931, the iconic guide is renowned for its straightforward user-friendliness and has ...