London Underground by Mark Noad

London designer Mark Noad redesigned Harry Beck’s famous London Underground topological map.

London underground map by Harry Beck

London underground map by Mark Noad

The new map design features lines and angles that are more geographically accurate, and he made sure it was just as easy to read the map on a screen as it is in print. The former map was previously designed by Harry Beck, who designed it before the London Underground system expanded. Noad’s redesign includes a new typeface, and uses 30 and 60-degree angles, where Beck’s design included only 45-degree angle, which got overlapped and confusing once new stations and infrastructure were added.