When these companies were consolidated in the 1960s, a new map was created using a “Beckian grid.” Named after Harry Beck, ...
A play about the man who designed London’s Tube map will open in the West End on the 50th anniversary of his death. The Truth About Harry Beck will open at the London Transport Museum’s own ...
Harry Beck was a technical draughtsman who redesigned the London Underground map. It was a radically different map to anything produced before but was soon copied by many other cities. Coco Chanel ...