London Frieze: Appreciating art

Harriet weaned me off puns in my daily life, but I couldn’t resist that one.
Went to The London Frieze Art Fair today. It’s the first time I’ve been near Frieze since working with Tony Arefin back in 1988 on a Yoko Ono poster.
Although the ‘Fair’ name might tempt you to think that this is a [...]

Non-multiplex pitching

This evening I attended a session of Non-Multiplex Cinema’s ‘Write to Shoot’ course. A ten session course to help writers with a concept, synopsis or initial pages of a script who need the encouragement of a writers group to get that first draft done. As well as a structured course, sessions include scene reviews with [...]

For short runs, why make a DVD?

George Blackstone and I made The Things We Do for Love, a documentary on dating and relationships. It is made up of interviews with many people of all ages. A recent task I had was to make a DVD so that the contributors who couldn’t reach a screening would have a chance to see the [...]

Accessibility

Here’s a new design for a future London tube map.
As accessibility information must be included on the map (for political reasons), I’ve come up with light blue markers for interchanges and station ticks. This means that the disability logos no longer overpower the map.
Many think it would be useful to show distances between stations that [...]

Outer

I’ve updated my London Tube Map page – adding a design for the combined line diagram for the Overground lines:

Connections

I’ve added some posts on connections and extensions to my page on London’s tube map.

Underground

These set of colours mean a lot to Londoners:

It’s a piece from Art on the Underground. They’ve been commissioning temporary artworks for London’s tube system since 2000. Their main space is a disused platform at Gloucester Road underground station:

They’ve got a new plan: to commission permanent installations throughout the system. About time too. The New [...]

Tube map visitors – a huge version

For those of you visiting from the BBC iPM blog, here is a very large version of my suggested design for the London tube map. This is a version that illustrates the system as it could be in 2012. That means a more extensive London Overground network, some DLR changes and the completion of the [...]

Let buses share the branding

…to end my short diversion into the world of public transport, one more idea.
People who use public transport rarely usually choose a train before a bus. Train maps and services are simpler to understand. They get into much deeper trouble when a line is disrupted. What are the alternative routes?
How about setting up a [...]

A suggestion from Paris

As the London tube system will only get more complicated, maybe it is time to consider using an idea from the Paris Metro: make more of names of the terminii of each line. I think that one of the biggest problems for new users of the system is the use of compass-point directions (‘Eastbound and [...]