Altogether rather lovely.
Source: Rumbling Jessie/Flickr
Historical Map: Pocket Book Paris Métro Map, 1961
Glenelg Tram Strip Map, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, Australia
Simple but effective use of an otherwise long and empty space on the station shelter. Could do with a bit of a clean, though.
Source: Sweet One/Flickr
TubeTable
If you’ve got a spare 1500 quid lying around, you could pick up this sweet London Tube coffee table by artist Alex Hammond for Christmas. Limited edition of 50.
See also: MetroTable, a Moscow Metro-themed coffee table.
Source: Alex’s website – link no longer active
Video: “Commute” by PlaySomething
(Warning: extremely expensive but incredibly desirable transit-related plaything!)
It’s not often I get to post a video – but this looks simply amazing. Forget the kids, I want this! More info on PlaySomething’s site here (link unfortunately no longer active).
Source: Via @bobbygenalo on Twitter
Photo: Orientation – Barcelona
Unofficial Map/Art: Moscow “Underround”
Definitely more a piece of art using the Moscow Metro as inspiration than an actual usable map, but still noteworthy. Taking the spoke and hub nature of the Metro completely literally, the work shows the stations along each line in the form of concentric rings: simple, but graphically effective. I have no doubt that a seasoned Muscovite Metro commuter would be able to locate the stations they use quite easily.
Source: aircoooled karma/Flickr
Timecowboy: It’s Been a Year…
I’ve tried making comics about my time in New York in the past but I couldn’t articulate the feelings. It’s a strange feeling missing a city, especially when it’s not your home town but I think most people understand the feeling of wanting to belong or feeling like they don’t. Anyways these have been some words.
A nicely poignant little web comic, cleverly using the New York subway map as part of the narrative.
Photo: Checking the (Tiny) Subway Map
From an HO-scale model railway diorama. The miniature subway map is pretty neat, really.
Source: ShellyS/Flickr
Fantasy Map: A Tube Map of the Periodic Table of Elements
Submitted by the awesome Gnimmel’s House of Maps, who says:
There are a lot of infographics around which are based on the tube map, and a lot which are based on the periodic table. So I decided to combine the two. Here’s a tube map of the periodic table (see also here for more details) and there’s also a periodic table of the tube map.
Transit Maps says:
Science combined with a tube map equals a win in my book! It’s been a long time since high school chemistry for me, but this diagram seems to make pretty good sense, with the “fare zones” and “route lines” accurately depicting the different properties (groups, blocks, periods, etc.) of the periodic table. I especially like the “ River Thames”, which separates gases, liquids and solids – with liquids being “stations” placed in the river. This leads to Mercury – a metal that’s also a liquid at room temperature – getting its own little “lake”, a nice touch indeed.
Our Rating: Pretty darn awesome! Four stars.
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Become a Patron!Fantasy Map: History of the 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 in the Trivial Pursuit card deck that I have absolutely no idea about… my answer is always, “uhhh…. Wayne Gretzky?” However, this map is well-designed enough that I can piece together the important stuff… especially that the team was once highly successful and now seems to have fallen on harder times. The note regarding the indefinite delay of the construction of the Stanley Cup Line speaks volumes about the team’s long-suffering fans.
What I really like about this map is that the thematic lines are linked when appropriate. A player was a captain and a Hall of Famer? Stops on both lines! There are plenty of other thematic maps out there that just drop names at random onto something that may (or may not) resemble an actual subway map and call it a day, so it’s nice to see some proper thought being put into this one.
Source: Spacing Toronto – link no longer active