Brighton illustrator creates city underground map (From The Argus)
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Brighton illustrator creates city underground map
11:19am Friday 10th September 2010 in
A Brighton illustrator has come up with a quirky version of the underground map based on his home city.
From Devil’s Dyke in the north to Brighton Rock in the south, The Brighton Line maps out a tongue-in-cheek journey of the city’s real locations via a few celebrities and sports stars who seem to have finally found their station in life.
The cheeky take on the London Underground map was devised by Sean Sims, 45, and now the illustration has gone on sale at Brighton art gallery Art Republic.
Father-of-two Sean, who works for an illustrating company in London, said: “It started out as a bit of fun.
“But once I started The Brighton Line, my friends loved it and so I kept dabbling at it and this is the result.
“I think it’s the first time someone has designed a Tube map of Brighton and I hope it puts the city on the map.”
You have to look closely to spot all the quirks in the design.
Viewers can note the generous curve to Jordan’s Peak, for example, and how the line forks at Devil’s Dyke.
You can track the full circle at Greyhound Stadium while the the shape of the Northern Line echoes that of the Angel of the North.
The Hove line is called Actually, in reference to residents’ determination to maintain their independence from Brighton.
Tourists to Brighton can take the Stag and Hen line on a pub and club crawl while the pink Queen’s Circle line pays tribute to Brighton’s status as the country’s gay capital, with trains calling at Mount Pleasant and Drag Strip.
Click here to see a large version on Sean's blog.
Comments(16)
Living in the real world
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11:35am Fri 10 Sep 10
My Point of View
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12:00pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Living in the real world wrote:What about the Cowdray Park Advert from the Chief Reporter haha!
WARNING....Only an Advert, no story here
sussexladybabe
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12:02pm Fri 10 Sep 10
That may be but B&H is 85% straight. Since The Argus never reports the fact I will for the straight and narrow.
Comment Sense
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12:12pm Fri 10 Sep 10
sussexladybabe wrote:Yawn! The news in the Argus can be boring at the best of times but I think "Brighton and Hove 85% Straight" is nearly the dullest thing I have ever read.
"pink Queen’s Circle line pays tribute to Brighton’s status as the country’s gay capital" That may be but B&H is 85% straight. Since The Argus never reports the fact I will for the straight and narrow.
Sweepster
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12:13pm Fri 10 Sep 10
As someone who is temporarily away from her beloved Brighton it bought a smile to my face.
Mr Bluesky
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1:13pm Fri 10 Sep 10
sussexladybabe wrote:Perhaps only 15% of the population in Brighton are gay, but when you consider that only 6-9% (depending on which figure/statistical model you use) of the population of the UK is gay that's a massive massive increase on the modal average and therefore calling it the capital (from the latin 'caput' meaning head or primary)city is accurate
"pink Queen’s Circle line pays tribute to Brighton’s status as the country’s gay capital" That may be but B&H is 85% straight. Since The Argus never reports the fact I will for the straight and narrow.
Wiggsy
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1:15pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Living in the real world wrote:Yawn....
WARNING....Only an Advert, no story here
Peacehaven Paul
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2:25pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Rocker
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4:02pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Thumper Hove
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5:15pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Peacehaven Paul wrote:Or rather he copied the idea from Simon Patterson and gets free publicity for it!!
This isn't a completely new idea. There is a work called "The Great Bear" by Simon Patterson where he has used the existing London Underground map and replaced the stations with names of actors, singers, sportsmen etc etc. This is just a variation on that.
boblat
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8:35pm Fri 10 Sep 10
Maybe the local population will be able to breath again????
Al Bion
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7:19am Sat 11 Sep 10
leobrighton
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8:08am Sat 11 Sep 10
TheInsider
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11:18pm Sat 11 Sep 10
John Steed
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9:41am Sun 12 Sep 10
Al Bion wrote:spot on
I'm sure most people will enjoy taking a look at this well thought out, light-hearted piece of work, as I did - actually.
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11:26am Fri 10 Sep 10