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Harry Beck’s influence on the Paris Metro

Beck’s 1933 London Underground map, an iconic design that removed curves, distorted distances, and used consistent iconography to create clarity, was replicated around the world over the following decades. But the Paris Metro held out, only adopting a Beck-like design in the early 1990s.

Posted byDanny SilvermanApril 5, 2009April 5, 2009Posted inLink

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