Photo: Map Reading
No matter how simple the system, there still always seems to be infinite potential for confusion – even if it’s just choosing which side of the platform to stand on. Source: -Canonist-/Flickr
All posts tagged: metro map
Fantasy Map: FF Yoga and FF Yoga Sans Font Sample (2009)
Designed to showcase two new typeface families from the FontFont foundry, this “Metro map” looks quite spectacular at first glance, with some lovely colour combinations and design details. It’s only on closer inspection that you realise that it’s actually a superb piece of nonsense – nothing really makes any sense at all. Most type – apart from the few major “stations” – is way too small to be useful, and the circled line designations are […]
Photo: Old Paris Metro Map (Detail), c. 1969-1977
This is simply gorgeous. The fact that the RER terminates at Nation dates this map from between 1969 (when the RATP first purchased the line from the SNCF) and 1977 (when the line was extended through Paris and became the RER “A” line we know today). The original post on Flickr does not note where this map is (or was) located. Source: lionelofparis/Flickr
Historical Map: Paris Métro, 1913
Yes, another post about the Paris Métro. I’d stop doing it if I stopped finding really interesting maps! This one is from way back in 1913, and is purportedly the first Métro map to use different colours for each of the lines and the first one to have strip plans for each of them as well. Another thing to note is that this is a mere thirteen years after the Métro opened – and there’s […]
Montreal Metro Board Game
Sent my way by Twitter user @andrewsalzberg, here’s another board game based on a transit system – this time, Montreal’s Metro! (Readers may remember this post about “The London Game”, a board game based on the London Underground.) Looks like a pretty simple “race” game, but it captures the aesthetics of the actual map quite nicely. Source: Openalex website – link no longer active
Photo: Find The Way
Barcelona, Spain. Source: a l e x . k/Flickr
Floral Metro Map of Moscow
More gorgeous art with this delightfully arabesque take on the Moscow Metro. Love the almost organic feel to this. This is definitely art and not a usable map, despite the flowing route lines being overlaid on what seems to be an accurate street map. Source: Petit Groupe/Flickr
Photo: Ligne 12
Now this is pretty. Source: Noah Stroyman/Flickr
Photo: Search for Delicious
There’s nothing quite like photos of people looking perplexed by transit maps. Source: wahine_87/Flickr – link no longer active
Photo: Linea 1
Nice shot of an in-car strip map from Milan. Source: roboppy/Flickr