"Harry Beck's influence is enormous and wide ranging for transport maps. His concept was that when a passenger was underground, it didn't matter to them where they were above ground. As long as they ...

A new exhibition staged at The Map House brings the history of the iconic London Underground to the surface. Located in Knightsbridge, Mapping the Tube: 1863–2023 charts the many evolutions of the ...

Mr Beck, who designed the first grid-style Tube map which set the benchmark for the map's design, will have an English heritage Blue Plaque unveiled at his birthplace in Wesley Road, Leyton, east ...

A play about the man who designed London’s Tube map will open in the West End on the 50th anniversary of his death. The Truth About Harry Beck will open at the London Transport Museum’s own Cubic ...

In 1931, Harry Beck designed the London “Tube Map” in what would become a highly influential, topology-forward perspective. By largely ignoring the scale of geography above, Beck built an elegant, ...

• A rare 1932 draft of Harry Beck’s first London Underground map — featuring his handwritten annotations — will be auctioned at Christie’s in London on December 11, with an estimated price of ...

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