Henry Charles Beck (4 June 1902 – 18 September 1974), known as Harry Beck, was an engineering draftsman best known for creating the present London Underground Tube map in 1931. Beck drew up the diagram in his spare time while working as an engineering draughtsman at the London Underground Signals Office.

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  • Henry Charles Beck (4 June 1902 – 18 September 1974), known as Harry Beck, was an engineering draftsman best known for creating the present London Underground Tube map in 1931. Beck drew up the diagram in his spare time while working as an engineering draughtsman at the London Underground Signals Office. London Underground was initially sceptical of Beck's radical proposal — it was an uncommissioned spare-time project, and it was tentatively introduced to the public in a small pamphlet in 1933. It immediately became popular, and the Underground has used topological maps to illustrate the network ever since.
  • Henry C. Beck war ein britischer technischer Zeichner und Grafikdesigner. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist der Liniennetzplan der London Underground, die mit dem Verzicht auf topografische Genauigkeit eine sehr übersichtliche Darstellung ermöglichte. Jede Linie wurde durch einen eigenen Strich repräsentiert, der nur waagerecht, senkrecht oder diagonal im 45°-Winkel verläuft. Dieses Modell diente als Vorbild für Netzpläne vieler weiterer Städte.
  • Henry Charles Beck, conegut com Harry Beck, fou un enginyer conegut per la creació de l'actual mapa del metro de Londres el 1931. Beck va dibuixar un esquema mentre treballava com enginyer al metro de Londres. LUL al principi fou escèptic per la proposta radical de Beck, però finalment fou introduït de forma temptativa el 1933. Immediatament va esdevenir popular i LUL va adoptar la tipologia del mapa. Actualment Transport for London continua utilitzant el disseny del mapa de Beck per a la realització de l'actual mapa del metro i altres sistemes del món també han adoptat el concepte.
  • Henry C. Beck, connu sous le nom de Harry Beck, est un dessinateur industriel célèbre pour avoir créé le premier plan schématique du métro de Londres en 1933.
  • Henry Beck - - projektant, typograf, zaprojektował nowatorską mapę londyńskiego metra.
  • Harry C. Beck foi um designer gráfico, mais conhecido por ter revolucionado a design de informação criando o mapa do metrô de Londres em 1931. Antes desse infográfico de Beck, várias linhas de metrô eram representadas geograficamente, muitas vezes se sobrepondo ao mapa das ruas. Beck percebeu que a localização geográfica era informação supérflua para os usuários de metrô, eles queriam saber apenas a ordem e relação das estações entre si, para decidir onde mudar de estação. Inspirado na simplicidade de diagramas de engenharia elétrica, Beck projetou o mapa que seria o paradigma para todos os mapas de transporte público que vieram em seguida. London Underground Tube map history(em inglês) Designer Trading Cards: Harry Beck(em inglês)
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  • The modern Tube map, based on the simplified topological design invented by Beck
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  • Henry Charles Beck (4 June 1902 – 18 September 1974), known as Harry Beck, was an engineering draftsman best known for creating the present London Underground Tube map in 1931. Beck drew up the diagram in his spare time while working as an engineering draughtsman at the London Underground Signals Office.
  • Henry C. Beck war ein britischer technischer Zeichner und Grafikdesigner. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist der Liniennetzplan der London Underground, die mit dem Verzicht auf topografische Genauigkeit eine sehr übersichtliche Darstellung ermöglichte. Jede Linie wurde durch einen eigenen Strich repräsentiert, der nur waagerecht, senkrecht oder diagonal im 45°-Winkel verläuft. Dieses Modell diente als Vorbild für Netzpläne vieler weiterer Städte.
  • Henry Charles Beck, conegut com Harry Beck, fou un enginyer conegut per la creació de l'actual mapa del metro de Londres el 1931. Beck va dibuixar un esquema mentre treballava com enginyer al metro de Londres. LUL al principi fou escèptic per la proposta radical de Beck, però finalment fou introduït de forma temptativa el 1933. Immediatament va esdevenir popular i LUL va adoptar la tipologia del mapa.
  • Henry C. Beck, connu sous le nom de Harry Beck, est un dessinateur industriel célèbre pour avoir créé le premier plan schématique du métro de Londres en 1933.
  • Henry Beck - - projektant, typograf, zaprojektował nowatorską mapę londyńskiego metra.
  • Harry C. Beck foi um designer gráfico, mais conhecido por ter revolucionado a design de informação criando o mapa do metrô de Londres em 1931. Antes desse infográfico de Beck, várias linhas de metrô eram representadas geograficamente, muitas vezes se sobrepondo ao mapa das ruas. Beck percebeu que a localização geográfica era informação supérflua para os usuários de metrô, eles queriam saber apenas a ordem e relação das estações entre si, para decidir onde mudar de estação.
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