Comments on: Mapping the new Shanghai metro http://blog.thefuturescompany.com/2007/12/15/mapping-the-new-shanghai-metro/ Bite-size thoughts from HCHLV people about trends, futures and cultural change to provoke and entertain Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:23:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: thenextwavefutures http://blog.thefuturescompany.com/2007/12/15/mapping-the-new-shanghai-metro/#comment-7 thenextwavefutures Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:35:21 +0000 http://henleycentreheadlightvision.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/mapping-the-new-shanghai-metro/#comment-7 Andrew Curry adds: It seems that the Shanghai metro is the visual metaphor of the moment. Last year Richard Watson's Trends Map was based on London; this year he's chosen Shanghai, which also narrows the story to five core trends (one for each of the lines). They are: Virtual Worlds, Digitalisation, Globalisation, Anxiety, and Ageing. See more at http://toptrends.nowandnext.com/?p=338. Andrew Curry adds: It seems that the Shanghai metro is the visual metaphor of the moment. Last year Richard Watson’s Trends Map was based on London; this year he’s chosen Shanghai, which also narrows the story to five core trends (one for each of the lines). They are: Virtual Worlds, Digitalisation, Globalisation, Anxiety, and Ageing. See more at http://toptrends.nowandnext.com/?p=338.

]]> By: jakegoretzki http://blog.thefuturescompany.com/2007/12/15/mapping-the-new-shanghai-metro/#comment-6 jakegoretzki Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:14:55 +0000 http://henleycentreheadlightvision.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/mapping-the-new-shanghai-metro/#comment-6 ...interesting. This reminded me of a site I chanced upon recently, debunking Harry Beck 'myths' - buried among the myriad of sites dedicated to lost stations, tube map pastiches and other rare pleasures of London Underground. It's worth a look... especially the points challenging the idea that Beck's map was the first non-geographic transport map and a world first. It is certainly true that British graphic design does often claim the concept as their gift to the world. Not so, according to site's host! http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mjr/underground/myths.html …interesting.

This reminded me of a site I chanced upon recently, debunking Harry Beck ‘myths’ – buried among the myriad of sites dedicated to lost stations, tube map pastiches and other rare pleasures of London Underground.

It’s worth a look… especially the points challenging the idea that Beck’s map was the first non-geographic transport map and a world first. It is certainly true that British graphic design does often claim the concept as their gift to the world. Not so, according to site’s host!

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mjr/underground/myths.html

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