Rejected Tube Map Cover Illustration
Title
Rejected Tube Map Cover Illustration
Description
This was the first idea proposed by Jeremy Deller, after he received the appointment from TFL to design the cover of an edition of the map of the London Underground, distributed free in all the stations. The proposed design was initially a bicycle, composed with colors that distinguish the lines on the Tube map.
It was rejected, as it conveyed a message that could – according to the commissioner – confuse some users of the London Underground service, as the service for bicycles was not guaranteed on all the lines.
The commissioner was TFL – Transport for London, the company responsible for the transport in the London area – within the project Art on the Underground, which invites contemporary artists to design projects for the environment of the London Underground , both transient and permanent. Jeremy Deller then realized the cover of the Tube Map together with artist Paul Ryan, a work presented July 1, 2007, which is still visible at the address http://art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/detail/1119/. This consisted of a portrait of John Hough, who was then the current longest serving member of staff at TFL.
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It was rejected, as it conveyed a message that could – according to the commissioner – confuse some users of the London Underground service, as the service for bicycles was not guaranteed on all the lines.
The commissioner was TFL – Transport for London, the company responsible for the transport in the London area – within the project Art on the Underground, which invites contemporary artists to design projects for the environment of the London Underground , both transient and permanent. Jeremy Deller then realized the cover of the Tube Map together with artist Paul Ryan, a work presented July 1, 2007, which is still visible at the address http://art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/detail/1119/. This consisted of a portrait of John Hough, who was then the current longest serving member of staff at TFL.
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Creator
Deller, Jeremy
Date
2007
Contributor
Scotti, Marco
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Rights Holder
Jeremy Deller
MoRE Museum
Collection
Citation
Deller, Jeremy, “Rejected Tube Map Cover Illustration,” MoRE, accessed April 23, 2024, http://moremuseum.org/omeka/items/show/13.
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