The London Underground map has to be one of the most recognisable and influential pieces of graphic design globally that there was ever been but it wasn’t designed overnight. In fact, it’s still changing. With the first section of The London Underground built by the Metropolitan Railway opening in 1863, early maps were a confusing…

Hella Jongerius is a dutch designer born in 1963.  She is well known for contrasting industry with craft, high with low technologies and the traditional with the contemporary.  Jongerius established her design studio, Jongeriuslab in 1993 in Rotterdam but it has since moved to Berlin.  Their work often features collections of textiles, ceramics and furniture. …