そして僕が先学期したプレゼンテーション、
機能と外見の関係性について触れる際、引用した事例。
ご存知、電子回路の設計者でもあったハリーベックのデザインした
ロンドンのチューブマップ。機能的な美しさ。
ちなみに、簡単にプレゼンした内容を紹介すると、
美しさは機能に追従するという考え方を否定するもので、
「美しさ」という変数もまた機能のひとつとして捕らえた時に、
その機能がもつ価値の可変性という性質を
さまざまなデザインの歴史を追って紹介するというものでした。
TubeMapの歴史について日本語では、こちらのサイト(Un chemin de pierre m’a dit…)
わかりやすくまとめられておりますのでそちらをご覧ください。
現在、ロンドン交通局の駅名表示・標識などで使用されているフォント
” New Johnston “は河野 英一さんのデザインしたものだそうです。
　Beck’s maps
　> The first diagrammatic map of the Underground was
　> designed by Harry Beck in 1933.
　> Beck was an Underground employee who realised that,
　> because the railway ran mostly underground,
　> the physical locations of the stations were irrelevant to the traveller wanting
　> to know how to get to one station from another —
　> only the topology of the railway mattered.
　> This approach is similar to that of electrical circuit diagrams;
　> while these were not the inspiration for Beck’s diagram,
　> his colleagues pointed out the similarities
　> and he once produced a joke map with the stations replaced by electrical-
　> circuit symbols and names with terminology,
　> such as “bakelite” for “Bakerloo”.
　> In fact, Beck based his diagram on a similar mapping system
　> for underground sewage systems.[citation needed]
　> To this end, he devised a vastly simplified map,
　> consisting of stations, straight line segments connecting them,
　> and the Thames; lines ran only vertically, horizontally,
　> or at 45 degrees. To make the map clearer and to emphasise connections,
　> Beck differentiated between ordinary stations (marked with tick marks)
　> and interchanges (marked with diamonds).
　> The Underground was initially sceptical of his proposal —
　> it was an uncommissioned spare-time project,
　> and it tentatively introduced it to the public in a small pamphlet.
　> It was immediately popular, and ever since the Underground
　> has used topological maps to illustrate the network.
　　
参考：
Un chemin de pierre m’a dit…:2007年04月 [Link]
Harry Beck (graphic designer) [Link]
Tube map – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Link]
Harry Beck’s “Design Classic” of the London Underground Map [Link]
Design classics | Transport for London [Link]
The London Underground Map — Harry Beck’s Design Icon [Link]
タモリ倶楽部　02年12月11日 開館！ 地図ミュージアム [Link]

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