Map

[woodelf]

I've been told that there is a version of the Underground map which has famous faces rather than station names. Is this so and what is name of map (plus face for Barnet) - and are there posters?..Three questions I think. Ta Muchly.

[kempie]

I am unfamiliar with a version using faces but Simon Patterson's 1992 reworking which hangs in the Tate Britain and titled "The Great Bear" traces a particular topic, be it philosophers, footballers, scientists or actors, and at each station names a 'star' of that particular field. In this case High Barnet becomes Pola Negri on the Film Actors line.

http://rickoshea.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/g reat-bear.jpg

http://www.tate.org.uk/shop/product.do?id=58

Some other variations of the map are listed here...

http://www.steveprentice.net/tube/TfLSillyMaps /

http://owen.massey.net/tubemaps.html

[woodelf]

Brilliant!...thanks a lot Kempie, that's the one we were looking for and we've been to the artist's site to see it in full. Ta Muchly.