Writing on Map Design: Books
Four books are available, brief details are here, or click on the links for full information.
Tube Map Travels
Explore the twilight world of unofficial Tube Maps.
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Published 201996 pages, colour illustrations throughoutDistributed in the UKMore information here
Airline Maps: A Century of Art and DesignA visual feast of stunning cartographic imagery.
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Published 2019 in the USA and the UKShortlisted for the Edward Stanford best illustrated travel book, 2019144 pages, colour illustrations throughoutDistributed worldwideMore information here
Underground Maps UnravelledThe definitive investigation of schematic map design.
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Published 2012, almost 2000 copies sold224 pages, colour illustrations throughoutJust £25 including UK delivery, £35 to Europe, £40 to USA/RoWMore information hereDownload sample chapters hereBuy direct from the author’s web shop
This is a sensational book that promises to become a milestone for studies into transportation maps.
It is much more than a book about subway diagrams, it is about the very essence of Graphic Design.
Massimo Vignelli
Underground Maps After BeckThe story of the London Underground Map
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Published 2005, updated 2008112 pages, colour illustrations throughoutOut of print, available secondhand