Transit Maps: Mash-Up Maps

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“Storylines”: the Literary London Tube Map by Anna Burles

December 20, 2012

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Anna Burles, art, England, Europe, Harry Beck, HC Beck, literature, London, London Underground, London Underground map, poster, subway, tube, tube map, United Kingdom

Storylines London’s iconic tube map is transformed into a pit-stop journey through classic styles of storytelling, with the individual tube lines turned into genres and sub genres of literature. The depths of the Northern Line are made over into the aptly named Horror Line. The Bakerloo Line coursing past Sherlock Holmes’s Baker Street becomes, of course, the Crime & Mystery Line. And the pink trajectory of the Hammersmith & City is converted to the Romance […]

Fantasy Map: History of the Toronto Maple Leafs

November 21, 2012

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Canada, hockey, ice hockey, Jamie Hodgson, Matthew Blackett, Ontario, submission, subway map, Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs

Submitted by just about the entire population of Toronto, I think. Created by Spacing’s Matthew Blackett in a collaboration with designer Jamie Hodgson, this subway-style map attempts to present a brief history of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. Now, as an Australian, I’ll fully admit that my knowledge of ice hockey is a little thin, and I know even less about the Maple Leafs franchise. For me, ice hockey is that one question hiding […]

“Subway Series” by Henry Hargreaves

October 4, 2012

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art, Europe, Henry Hargreaves, Moscow, New York, Russia, subway, subway map, USA

Amazing series of photos by Henry Hargreaves where he recreates transit maps out of everyday materials. Shown here are Moscow made from coloured yarn, and New York, beautifully recreated with ribbon. He’s also done Paris, London and Washington, DC. Source: CMYBacon – link no longer active

Mario vs. Mario

June 13, 2012

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Adam Summerville, Boston, Canada, Dave Delisle, mash up, Massachusetts, Ontario, subway map, Toronto, USA

So every man and his dog is sending me links to the new Toronto TTC/Mario World mash-up map by Dave Delisle (prints for sale here). It’s definitely well executed, but I couldn’t help but think I’d seen something similar before… A couple of minutes of Googling later: a similarly-themed (although aesthetically a little different) map of the Boston MBTA done last year by Adam Summerville (prints here). I’d just like to make it clear that […]