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The Beauty of Transport

Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Part travelogue, part history, all transport (but sometimes tangentially so)

Category: metros / tubes / undergrounds

March 25, 2020March 27, 2020

“My God – It’s Full of Stars” (Bund Sightseeing Tunnel, Shanghai, China)

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May 29, 2019May 29, 2019

The Night Garden (Crossrail Place, Canary Wharf Crossrail station, London, UK)

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September 5, 2018August 27, 2018

The Long and Winding Road (Labyrinth, Mark Wallinger, 2013)

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August 22, 2018August 21, 2018

Skin of Glass: The Transport Architecture and Influence of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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July 25, 2018July 25, 2018

White on Black and Read All Over: New York City Subway Signage and Other Design Highlights (New York (NY), USA)

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July 11, 2018July 7, 2018

Hypercube (Fulton Center, New York (NY), USA)

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June 13, 2018June 12, 2018

We’re S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G. (The Oculus, New York (NY), USA)

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May 2, 2018May 2, 2018

Eastern Hemispheres (Line A stations, Prague, Czech Republic)

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February 7, 2018February 9, 2018

East Meets West Under the Streets of London (Mile End and Gants Hill Underground stations, London, UK)

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January 31, 2018February 4, 2018

To Enterprise a Railroad (Railway viaducts, UK)

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January 24, 2018January 24, 2018

The Lime-green Pain Rays of Münchner Freiheit Tram Station (Münchner Freiheit tram/bus station, Munich, Germany)

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December 13, 2017December 12, 2017

Eduardo Paolozzi: Underground Artist

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October 18, 2017October 18, 2017

Parisine: Paris = Johnston: London (Parisine typeface by Jean Francois Porchez)

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July 5, 2017July 4, 2017

The Regrettable Death and Strange Second Life of the Integrated Transport Smartcard

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May 31, 2017May 25, 2017

Absolute Block: the Transport Art of Gail Brodholt

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May 10, 2017May 11, 2017

Glass Candy (Stratford DLR Station (High Level), London, UK)

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April 19, 2017November 3, 2017

M is for… Metro (Calvert typeface and the Nexus Tyne and Wear public transport visual identity)

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December 14, 2016December 19, 2016

A Station Fit for a King (Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, UK)

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July 27, 2016January 23, 2017

It’s Big, But is it Clever? (Canary Wharf tube station, London, UK)

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June 15, 2016January 23, 2017

Closed Loop (City Hall station, New York (NY), USA)

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May 25, 2016June 15, 2016

The St Pancras of the Tyne & Wear Metro (Tynemouth station, UK)

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April 20, 2016April 18, 2016

Transport Adventures in Hong Kong (Airport Express corporate identity development 1993-98)

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March 30, 2016January 23, 2017

The Underground World of Norman Foster (Metro Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain)

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February 10, 2016January 23, 2017

Box of Delight (Westminster Underground station, London, UK)

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January 27, 2016January 25, 2017

Shards of Fearsome Light (Olaias Metro station, Lisbon, Portugal)

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January 6, 2016January 4, 2016

Travels with my Father (Johnston typeface, Edward Johnston)

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November 25, 2015November 3, 2015

Shaft! 6 – Shaft Goes Stylish (Jubilee Line Ventilation Shafts, London, UK)

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