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Tube map gets a graphic facelift
Pick up the latest pocket Tube map and you will see some new abstract artwork from leading French artist, Daniel Buren.
Using the Underground's iconic roundel symbol, Buren has designed a unique piece of art by layering, rotating and repeating the logo to create a lattice framework in red and blue.
The artwork represents the numerous journeys made on the network by one single person.
The cover was commissioned by Art on the Underground and has been developed into a large poster which is currently being displayed on the Tube.
A permanent piece of artwork by Buren will be unveiled at the newly upgraded Tottenham Court Road station in 2015.
Eleanor Pinfield, head of Art on the Underground, said: 'Buren has encapsulated the experience of the individual's journey in a mass transport system, playing with the graphic representation of the Tube - London Underground's iconic roundel.
Developing this concept into a poster using his trademark stripes, Buren has, for the first time in the series of Tube map commissions, created two unique artworks.'
Find out more about Art on the Underground at tfl.gov.uk/art
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