Author: David BownesPublisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
ISBN: 9780853319856
Category : London Transport Board
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
transport, history, drawing.
Author: Michael F. LeveyPoems on the Underground
Author: Judith ChernaikPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141389532
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This wonderful new edition of Poems on the Underground is published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Underground in 2013. Here 230 poems old and new, romantic, comic and sublime explore such diverse topics as love, London, exile, families, dreams, war, music and the seasons, and feature poets from Sappho to Carol Ann Duffy and Wendy Cope, including Chaucer and Shakespeare, Milton, Blake and Shelley, Whitman and Dickinson, Yeats and Auden, Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott and a host of younger poets. It includes a new foreword and over two dozen poems not included in previous anthologies.
London Underground By Design
Author: Mark OvendenPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014199150X
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
Since its establishment 150 years ago as the world's first urban subway, the London Underground has continuously set a benchmark for design that many transit systems around the world - from New York to Tokyo to Moscow and beyond - have followed. London Underground by Design is the first meticulous study of every aspect of that feat. Beginning in the pioneering Victorian age, Mark Ovenden charts the evolution of architecture, branding, typeface, map design, interior and textile styles, posters, signage and graphic design and how all these came together to shape not just the identity of the Underground, but the character of London itself. This is the story of some of the most celebrated figures in design history - from Frank Pick, the guru who conceptualised the design of the modern Tube with his idea of 'design fit for purpose', to Harry Beck, the creator of the Tube map, and from Marion Dorn, one of the leading textile designers of the 20th Century, to Edward Johnston, creator of the distinctive font that bears his name. Rich with stunning illustrations, London Underground by Design shows that design is about more than aesthetic pleasure, but is crucial to how we get around.
A Logo for London
Author: David LawrencePublisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781780672960
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The London Transport bar and circle – also known as the bulls-eye or roundel – is an icon of commercial design. Over the last century it has come to represent not only London's transport network but also the city itself. Rare for the logo of a large organization, the symbol is often perceived as being 'cool', and its influence has extended into many other fields, including fashion, pop music and counter-culture. This fascinating book charts the history and development of the symbol from the early 20th century to the present day, and explores its use across the company's many activities, as well as its wide-ranging cultural influence. Richly illustrated with poster artworks, photographs and other graphic material from the London Transport Museum archives, the book features numerous inventive uses of the logo, many of them previously unpublished.
London Postcards
Author: David GentlemanPublisher: Particular Books
ISBN: 9780241443927
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Over seventy years of quintessential London views in one box. In 1950, aged 19, David Gentleman arrived in the capital, ready to begin his life as an artist. Over the next seven decades, he would sketch, paint, and engrave his way through London, documenting the cityscape, and shaping it, too - most notably through his iconic mural in Charing Cross Underground Station. Combining world-famous imagery with unexpected scenes of daily life in the city, this box of London artworks is a treasure trove for all those who flock to the capital.
London's Underground
Author: Oliver GreenPublisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 0711293295
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Published in conjunction with TFL, this is a comprehensive guide to the London Underground, combining a historical overview, illustrations and newly commissioned photography.
Author: Oliver GreenUnderground Art
Author: Oliver GreenPublisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Over 200 of the best images from the Museum's archive of more than 3000 posters have been selected for this book, offering a stunning cross section of graphic art in the twentieth century. With a lively text, informative captions and biographical notes on the artists, this analysis of the role of one of the most demanding of art patrons is a timely reminder of the continuing value of art in everyday city life.
Railway Posters 1923-1947
Author: Beverley ColePublisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781856690140
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Between 1923 and 1947 the railway poster in Britain was in its heyday. These were the years of the so-called 'Big Four' companies: the Great Western Railway, Southern Railway, London Midland and Scottish Railway, and London and North Eastern Railway. In the competition for passengers, each of the companies developed its own distinctive style of poster advertising. This book contains over 200 of the most striking and innovative designs of the period.
