![]() The first one was an initial proposal presented in 1930s. He designed two versions of a map for the city’s labyrinthine subway system, again without being commissioned to do the job. The end product was a quintessential work of twentieth century information design.Īnother one of his project that received his reductive and Modernist treatment was the Paris Metro. ![]() He applied the Modernist grid system upon the city by eliminating all rail lines and added minimal vocabulary of symbols ingrained with bright colors. He found the answer in exploring how the various tube stations and rail lines were connected with one another. In the revised version of the map, Beck rationally mapped out what is it that the Tube passenger required to see to navigate easily without being lost in distance and measurements. In a brief period of time, it received an astounding response which proved its efficaciousness and went for reprinting only after a month of its publication. The following year, the map was given its first full publication, printing seven hundred thousand copies. ![]() Even though it was rejected by Publicity department, Beck’s perseverance culminated in a successful trial of 500 copies which was distributed at a select few stations, in 1932. While working at an electrical circuit diagram, he came up with this ingenious idea of prioritizing the map outlining the subway system itself rather than accurately mentioning the distance. Beck assumed that passengers riding the Tube were not as much concerned about geographical accuracy as they were interested in finding their way out from one station to another.
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