MetroTable: the Moscow Metro as an Awesome Coffee Table
Do want. Source: Vladimir Tomilov’s Behance Portfolio via @Piktograf
All posts tagged: subway map
Photo: Porto Metro Signage
Looks quite lovely in location… although perhaps a little small to be seen from far away. Source: varlamov/Flickr
Photo: Buried Treasure!
An extra-special new subway line in Queens. Source: DYFL/Flickr
Photo: Paris Métro Map Mosaic Wall
This has the subway mural in Brooklyn beat, I feel. This awesome tiled map of the 13th arrondisement covers the whole wall of this building (which I’m guessing is located where the red lines on the map intersect), complete with street names, parks, and Metro stations. It looks like the route lines are neon lighting, just for that extra cool factor. The whole thing has a great 8-bit art feeling to it which I love. […]
Photo: Where Am I Again?
A marked-up map sitting on my desk of transit projects in Seattle somehow ends up looking uncannily like the New York subway map.
“Subway” by Christoph Niemann, 2010
Forget the children, this is one of my favourite books! Buy on Amazon here (affiliate link). Source: Greenwillow Books website – link no longer active
Stickers on the Central Line, London Underground
From the now sadly defunct “Stickers on the Central Line” Tumblr, are these hilarious and superbly executed “prank” stickers found on the London Underground. Matching the original strip map almost exactly, they instead insert something unexpected, pointed, or just plain funny. My favourite? Change at Tottenham Court Road for a submarine to Somalia, complete with a very plausible London Underground submarine icon. More here in this imgur album. Hat tip to Twitter user Ben Darfler.
Photo: Paris Metro Map, Line 12
Nice shallow depth of field, but was he holding the camera up way over his head to get this point of view? Source: Cormac Phelan/Flickr
“Subway Series” by Henry Hargreaves
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 Source: CMYBacon – link no longer active
Photo: Turn on the Bright Lights…
Still in Tokyo, but can I just say how much I adore this wayfinding system? Bright and attractive floor-to-ceiling illuminated signs with simple, easy-to-understand iconography and impossible to miss directional arrows (note how they’re located above head height, so they’re always visible, even in a crowd). And there’s a nice big locality map, too! Stuff like this makes a transit system fun and pleasant to use, but its worth often seems to be underestimated. Source: […]