Profile of Tube Map’s Creator

Last Thursday’s Guardian — they do seem do have a lot of map-related content, don’t they? — had an article about Henry Beck, the creator of the iconic London Underground map that ditched scale and proportionality in favour of clarity.

“No, it’s definitely not a map,” he said. “A map is geographic. This is a diagram.” Beck would have averred.

(Thanks to Neil for the link; see previous entry: The Real Underground.)

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