Found this looking through my brother-in-law’s present pile. Its Beck’s first simplified sketch of the underground map. I like the principles that Beck (not that Beck) applied to simplify it from the unworkable previous versions: make all lines either horizontal, vertical and diagonal remove link to geographic scale to show relatives rather than absolutes Amazing to think that the map that we all have a strange affinity with started as a spare time project.

Found this looking through my brother-in-law’s present pile. Its Beck’s first simplified sketch of the underground map. I like the principles that Beck (not that Beck) applied to simplify it from the unworkable previous versions:

  • make all lines either horizontal, vertical and diagonal
  • remove link to geographic scale to show relatives rather than absolutes

Amazing to think that the map that we all have a strange affinity with started as a spare time project.

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