Look what I just found while going through some dusty old boxes! I picked this lovely Tube Map bathroom tile up at the London Transport Museum in 2004, and brought it with me when I moved to the U.S. – where it has unfortunately remained in its box ever since. 

As best I can tell, it was made by artist Tony Davis around 2001, and was part of a set of six tiles that covered most of Zone 1 on the map. Each tile is around 6 inches or 15 centimetres along each side and was fired using ten ceramic pigments. Apparently, the tiles are also installed somewhere at Victoria station – I’d be interested to know if they’re still there and love to see some in site pictures if anyone’s passing by.

It’s also interesting to note that the station labels are black, rather than their more traditional Piccadilly Blue, perhaps for technical reasons.

Now… where can I put this?