London Underground by Design – in pictures

Some images from Mark Ovenden's book London Underground By Design, which is published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the first London underground line, the Metropolitan
  
  


tube: 1909 map sign
An underground advertisement with map, 1908-16. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: 1913 Vertical logo
The blueprint for a vertical logo, 1908-9. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Chiswick park station opened in April 1932
Chiswick Park station opened in April 1932. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Escalator mazes by Nicolas Monroe at Oxford circus (1983)
Escalator mazes by Nicolas Monroe at Oxford Circus (1983). Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Green Park entrance
Green Park, the greenest central London tube entrance. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Highgate Station. Opened 1932
Highgate station (renamed Archway a few years later) was reopened with Charles Holden's huge glazed wall frontage in April 1932. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Westminster
The red discs were rolled out 1918-15. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Kings Cross station entrace 1924
The stairway at King's Cross, 1925. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Lamp shields
A digital reconstruction of the once ubiquitous hexagonal lamps with 'UndergrounD' marking. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Met signage early 1900s
Met serifs, 1920s. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Paddington recolour
Combined logo on signage at Paddington (digitally re-coloured), 1913-15. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Mark Lane station in 1907-1
Mark Lane station (later re-sited and renamed Tower Hill), 1907. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Way out
Leslie William Green's pioneering design wasn't simply about pretty tiling; his styling permeated every step of the passengers' journey, from ticket hall to exit signs. 1906-8. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: Nightingale Mock 1926-1
Morden station in 1925, with a wooden mock-up of Charles Holden's adaptable frontage. Construction began the same year. Photograph: London Underground by Design
tube: South Kensington diamond
The Met's red diamond, 1917-29. Photograph: London Underground by Design
 

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