Designer Harry Beck’s famous transport diagram, first published in 1933, has spawned imitators around the world
An unpublished proof of Harry Beck’s 1933 first edition tube map, from the forthcoming exhibition at the Map House, London, 25 October to 30 November.An unpublished proof of Harry Beck’s 1933 first edition tube map, from the forthcoming exhibition at the Map House, London, 25 October to 30 November.line named after him as Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth have, but there is a plaque on a platform at Finchley Central, once his local stop, that marks his legacy: the design of the tube map.
The map immediately inspired other transport system plans, including the Sydney Suburban and City Underground Railway Map of 1939 in Australia, as well as many subsequent spoofs, including a popular one sold in Stratford-upon-Avon that features Shakeaspearean characters.has been attracting attention on social media. Based on the idea of the spokes of a wheel, it also features the Thames as a central blue band.
There are now plans to include the recent circular version of the tube map in the new exhibition, to illustrate the way that possible improvements and updates to the design can still grip the imagination, just as they did for the map’s originator.and the first of his maps was issued in 1933. Seventy-five years later there were still 15 million of them being printed and distributed, largely unaltered.
All of the exhibits in the new show are up for sale, with prices that range from £40 to £55,000. “The most valuable item, of course, is his original drawing for the map, with amendments and edits in his own handwriting,” said Roberts. “We think it is the only one and something not offered for sale before.”Transport. “He still wanted them to look at his design for adding the Victoria line,” said Roberts.
Beck was paid five pounds and five shillings for his design and not credited during his lifetime. Since 2001, however, an acknowledgment has been added to the map. In 2006 it was voted the second-best British design of the 20th century, as part of a BBC competition called The Great British
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