Paris Underground
While browsing in, of all places, a science fiction bookstore, I stumbled across a new book by Mark Ovenden that looked quite interesting in the brief time I had to look at it: Paris Underground: The Maps, Stations, and Design of the Metro. Mark is, you will remember, the author of Transit Maps of the World, which I reviewed here in March 2008. Unlike most transit systems, the Paris Metro is something I’m quite familiar with, so I’m going to have to look into this.
Previously: Harry Beck’s Map of the Paris Metro; Review: Transit Maps of the World; Transit Maps of the World (Again); Transit Maps of the World.
- Buy Paris Underground at Amazon.com
- Buy Transit Maps of the World at Amazon.com
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The book is definitely worth getting; I got my copy earlier this year, and it’s as beautifully written and composed as the author’s Metro Maps of the World. There are pages of detail just on the cover designs for the various line diagrams.
November 5, 2009 at 1:23 PM