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Map of Central London

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The whole map design, which is finished with a simple border design and a title in outlined Gill Sans at the top centre.
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Detail of the West End, Covent Garden and Whitehall.
 
I chose to employ a limited colour palette for the design, in keeping with the style of those city maps from the turn of the 20th century; various shades of orange are used for built-up areas and different categories of buildings, whilst green spaces and parks are coloured a complimentary green, and water a pale blue.
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Detail of the City of London, including St. Paul's Cathedral and the Bank of England.
 
Also in keeping with early 20th-century map designs (and earlier), I carefully chose two period-style typefaces for the labelling; Bureau for station labels, and Kursivschrift in regular, bold and italics for all other labels.
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Detail of Knightsbridge and South Kensington, including the Natural History, V&A and Science Museums. Dashed lines show the courses of underground railway lines, whilst dotted lines show the boundaries between the different boroughs.
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Detail of Bloomsbury, including University College and the British Museum.
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Detail of Shoreditch and the East End.
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Detail of the Angel and south Islington.
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Detail of London Bridge and Southwark, including Tate Modern.
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Detail of Westminster and Lambeth, including the Houses of Parliament.
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Detail of Marylebone and Regent's Park.
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Detail of Elephant And Castle.
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A mock-up of the map printed and framed.
Map of Central London
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Map of Central London

This map of central London, the first in a line of international city maps that I plan to produce, is inspired by the elegant visual style, color Read More

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