London Underground by Design

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The writer has published earlier on railway / metro maps. Here he charts the evolution of architecture, branding, typeface, map design, interior and textile styles, posters, signage and graphic design of London Transport Underground and its predecessors from the Victorian era to the present. Heavily illustrated. Covers in particular the work of Frank Pick; Harry Beck, tube diagram creator; Marion Dorn, textile designer; Edward Johnston, font designer; Leslie Green, designer of early station interiors; Misha Black of Design Research Unit;' Sir Norman Foster, architect of Jubilee Line stations. Includes much about individual Underground lines and early constituent railway companies such as Metropolitan District Railway, Underground Electric Railway Co, Central London Railway Co. Chapters include: 'Establishing a new style of railway, 1863-89'; 'Design of the first tubes, 1890-1905'; 'Deep-level tubes and the birth of the logo, 1906-15'; 'Unification by architecture and design, 1916-29'; 'New work, new board and new graphics, 1930-45'; ' Austerity, nationalisation and celebration,1946-67'; 'Automation and segmentation, 1968-99'; 'Twenty first century light and space, 2000-13'