PARIS METRO STYLE

Sample

From the author of international best-seller “Metro maps of the world” comes a work so thorough, it is both a gripping read and a thing of beauty. With lush photos and hundreds of beautiful, rare and unusual maps, some seen for the first time since their original publication, this book is a must-have for lovers of Paris, design students, transit fans and cartophiles.

Contents:

• Introduction
• 1 – Paris Prevaricates over a Metro
• 2 – Birth of a Network
• 3 – Designing for Growth
• 3bis – Metro for Commerce; Unofficial Maps 1
• 4 – Metro for the People
• 5 – Beyond City Limits
• 6 – Paris at War
• 7 – RATP to RER
• 7bis – Metro for Commerce; Unofficial Maps 2
• 8 – A New Dawn
• 9 – Diagrams go Digital
• 10 – Every Journey Counts
• 11 – RER: Pride of Paris
• 12 – Line, in-car & Track Maps
• 13 – Routes of Distortion; The Diagram Debate
• 13bis – Metro for Commerce; Unofficial Maps 3
• 14 – A Public face; signage and logos
• Appendix

Continent: Europe
Country: UK

Tag cloud: paris metro best-seller lush must-have ovenden ratp in-car signage

Tell a friend about this publication