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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Feb 28, 2017 19:37:24 GMT
For me it always has been more of a love-letter of what was, is and will be, then a map that I'll pull out next time I'm out Zone 1. (And as a Pink Floyd fan, having Battersea on there would make me smile). I remember coming into Victoria the day they shot the photos for the cover. Of course, I had no idea what the hell was going on until some time later. As much as I hate thread deviation 411........  This is an amusing story nicely lifted from Wikipedia although I've read similar in various Pink Floyd books: "The original Pink Floyd pig was designed by Roger Waters and built in December 1976 by the artist Jeffrey Shaw with help of design team Hipgnosis, in preparation for shooting the cover of the 'Animals' album. Plans were made to fly the forty-foot, helium-filled balloon over Battersea Power Station on the first day's photo-shoot, with a marksman prepared to shoot the pig down if it broke free. However, the pig was not launched.
On the second day, the marksman wasn't present because no one had told him to return. The pig broke free due to a strong gust of wind on the third day, gaining a lot of press coverage. It disappeared from sight within five minutes, and was spotted by airline pilots at thirty thousand feet in the air. Flights at Heathrow Airport were cancelled as the huge inflatable pig flew through the path of aircraft, eastwards from Britain and out over the English Channel, finally landing on a rural farm in Kent that night.
The pig was recovered and repaired for the resumption of photography for the album cover, but unfortunately the sky was cloudless and blue, thus "boring". However, the pictures of the sky from the first day were suitable; eventually, the album cover was created using a composite of photos from the first and third days.
The pig that was originally floated above Battersea Power Station was called "Algie"Anyhow.....back to the topic in hand!  |
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Post by kris on Mar 1, 2017 21:27:46 GMT
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Post by rincew1nd on Mar 1, 2017 22:48:55 GMT
Whilst I like having the Battersea extension, when not zoomed in the elegance of the curve you've' included isn't apparent and it looks a bit "angular". Would it be possible to use a double-blob interchange connector in a similar style to the DLR at Canning Town?
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Post by Ben on Mar 13, 2017 15:02:23 GMT
Thing is kris, you're never gonna get to a point where youre 100% happy or finished with it! Info design is one of those fields where endless tinkering and iteration is a sign of devotion rather than obsession!! And its absolutely not a bad thing either! Maybe if the official version were a work of passion (a la Beck) instead of a contract first and foremost, some of the wrinkles might be absent. Having attempted similar redraws numerous designs many years ago, I'll echo the comment that the official TfL design is full of idiosyncrasies and poor aesthetic choices. Theres always going to be a struggle between art and design by its very nature - what is artistically right isnt necessarily what is functionally useful or necessary. Are you aware of Maxwell J Roberts writings and research on the topic? You'll be hard pressed to find a more academically thorough break down of the design as current. A comment that seems to have come up a couple of times is that of alignment. Have you tried realigning the station ticks to be of equal separation from each other within the various branches? I think some of the problems of the official diagram stem from it being laid out on a computer rather than by hand. When you draw things by hand (dot or rectangle paper say), it becomes a lot easier to spot optimisation that would otherwise be missed. Eg, the Met through Harrow, the NE end of the Vic, and the Central line loop through Redbridge are all close enough to be aligned, but the designers have missed this. Don't be afraid of big surgery if you can work out a neater way of doing things |
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Post by crusty54 on Mar 13, 2017 15:17:25 GMT
When the Tube map went digital we did establish a set of rules about angles and interchanges.
In the past changing angles by one or two degrees had been used to some effect.
Since then the number of lines featured has increased as well as the area covered (DLR and East London Line in particular).
The use of the wheelchair symbol has made the current diagram a nightmare.
Simplicity is the key.
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