The London Underground secured a place in the pantheon of right graphical design with technologist Harry Beck ’s topologic Tube Map from 1933 . In increase to that icon , however , the transportation system has a pretty substantial chronicle of bringing top - notch visuals to the subterranean quite a little ; posters promoting everything from the Underground ’s pleasant temperature ascendancy — cooleron red-hot solar day andwarmerwhen it ’s foggy!—tomotor showsto theRegent ’s Park Zoohave adorned station walls ( and captivated passengers ) for decades .
This year mark a sesquicentennial of serving for the sprawling mode of transport ’s in England ’s capital metropolis ; to commemorate the occasion , 150 original print will be on showing at Covent Garden , selected from an incredible solicitation of over 3,000 . Check out the whole bent of 150here , where you may also vote for your fave , but be admonish — once you start clicking through it ’s tough to quit until you ’ve see ‘ em all . And if you see one you ca n’t live without , a lot are really useable for purchase as reproductions for a nerveless $ 15 , delivered directly to your door — no commute necessary .
Which of these would catch your eye on the style to work in the morning ?
design by Man Ray , 1938 .
design by Montague P. Black , 1926 .
Designed by Horace Taylor , 1926 .
design by Frederick Charles Herrick , 1927 .
Designed by James Fitton , 1948 .
Designed by Alfred Leete , 1927 .
Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer , 1931 .
Designed by Vladimir Polunin , 1930 .
project by Maxwell Ashby Armfield , 1915 .
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