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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2015 16:42:43 GMT
For my phone app I'm making a mini-game about identifying stations based on their platform tiles. So far I have all of the Victoria line, Bond St, Baker St and Charing Cross. What other ones could I include? All of the beautiful old patterns (1930s, Leslie Green, I think?) would be too hard to name. And I'm undecided about including some of the mosaic at Tottenham Court Road... Here's what I've got so far, plus a sample of what I'm making: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.709597339146072.1073741831.708028742636265Much appreciated, Alef |
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Post by domh245 on Jul 23, 2015 16:49:36 GMT
Whilst not strictly tiles, you could use the coloured rod decoration from Embankment. You could also do the recently removed tiles from Sloane Square.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2015 18:06:11 GMT
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Post by Chris M on Jul 23, 2015 19:54:50 GMT
There is the leaf motif at Green Park as well
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Post by rincew1nd on Jul 23, 2015 20:47:45 GMT
All of the beautiful old patterns (1930s, Leslie Green, I think?) would be too hard to name. Unless you have a copy of Tiles of the Unexpected! |
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Post by trt on Jul 24, 2015 9:51:12 GMT
There's (yet another) mock up of Covent Garden at a tile factory in Ironbridge, Shropshire. I understand that that is where a large proportion of the LU tiles were produced.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 10:36:59 GMT
Whilst not strictly tiles, you could use the coloured rod decoration from Embankment. You could also do the recently removed tiles from Sloane Square. I like the Embankment decorations a lot because it's such a busy station and people are likely to vaguely remember it. Does anyone know who designed it or when it first appeared? Sloane Square I'm less sure about but might include. Thanks for the suggestions! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 10:46:39 GMT
Wow, lots of great suggestions, thank you! I especially like Heathrow as ideally I want the game to be fun for a wide range of people. Piccadilly Circus is also easy and can link in with my statues mini-game (recognising statues from all around London, then you're given the nearest tube station). Generally I'm avoiding the Leslie Green tiles (although they are beautiful!) but I'll make an exception for Leicester Square as the film strip reference is quite cute. I rather like the Hampstead Heath one but wonder about copyright issues. TfL told me that "most" platform tiles fall under their licensing but I suspect the exceptions might be more recent artwork. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 10:50:52 GMT
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Post by Chris M on Jul 24, 2015 10:53:45 GMT
The feed background is up on at least one of the platforms currently. Either pic or jubilee
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 11:00:36 GMT
All of the beautiful old patterns (1930s, Leslie Green, I think?) would be too hard to name. Unless you have a copy of Tiles of the Unexpected! Now that is a seriously gorgeous book. I'm sure that £50 is a fair price to cover the printing costs and specialist research, though it puts it out of my immediate reach. Could you please have a look through and see if it lists the year and designer for Leicester Square? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 11:02:51 GMT
The feed background is up on at least one of the platforms currently. Either pic or jubilee I might not need to find a photo... my memory is that the white background version was exactly like this red one? I would have to guess the shade of green for the leaves, though. |
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Post by abe on Jul 26, 2015 16:55:21 GMT
Now that is a seriously gorgeous book. I'm sure that £50 is a fair price to cover the printing costs and specialist research, though it puts it out of my immediate reach. Could you please have a look through and see if it lists the year and designer for Leicester Square? All of the original tiling, which is what Tiles of the Unexpected covers, is from 1906 (Bakerloo and Piccadilly) and 1907 (Northern). There is no officially recognized designer; it could have been the architect (Leslie Green), or might have been left to the tiling companies. Leicester Square is the one station for which almost none of the original tiling pattern is known. I'm therefore presuming that you're referring to the current design, which isn't in the book. According to the book Changing Stations, the current 'film' theme was created by Robert Cooper. It isn't clear whether this is just the enamelwork around the access passages, or the tiling as well. The design was installed in 1985. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 7:18:09 GMT
Now that is a seriously gorgeous book. I'm sure that £50 is a fair price to cover the printing costs and specialist research, though it puts it out of my immediate reach. Could you please have a look through and see if it lists the year and designer for Leicester Square? All of the original tiling, which is what Tiles of the Unexpected covers, is from 1906 (Bakerloo and Piccadilly) and 1907 (Northern). There is no officially recognized designer; it could have been the architect (Leslie Green), or might have been left to the tiling companies. Leicester Square is the one station for which almost none of the original tiling pattern is known. I'm therefore presuming that you're referring to the current design, which isn't in the book. According to the book Changing Stations, the current 'film' theme was created by Robert Cooper. It isn't clear whether this is just the enamelwork around the access passages, or the tiling as well. The design was installed in 1985. Abe, thank you! Despite the ambiguity I think I will credit Robert Cooper, he sounds deserving of recognition. I was just reading online about the history of Leicester Square and found this pretty funny: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyld%27s_Great_Globe |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2015 10:05:03 GMT
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Post by John Tuthill on Aug 7, 2015 10:15:11 GMT
Surely it's a griffin, the symbol used by London Transport? |
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Post by Dstock7080 on Aug 7, 2015 14:00:41 GMT
Surely it's a griffin, the symbol used by London Transport? I think you'll find it's the 'winged-dragon' from the City of London symbol, rather than the LT Grffin. |
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Post by John Tuthill on Aug 7, 2015 14:21:37 GMT
Surely it's a griffin, the symbol used by London Transport? I think you'll find it's the 'winged-dragon' from the City of London symbol, rather than the LT Grffin. You're probably right. I wonder if the other tiles adjacent actually depict the CofL coat of arms? |
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Post by DWS on Aug 7, 2015 14:23:24 GMT
Think these tiles can be seen on the District line platforms at Monument .
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Post by spsmiler on Aug 7, 2015 22:16:58 GMT
Speedbird logo at Hatton Cross?
Bakerloo Line tunnel design at Paddington?
Maybe too esoteric but has anyone ever seen the green tiles at Barons Court ticket hall? (perhaps one of the most underrated stations in London, especially the station building).
Northern City Line platforms at Moorgate (plus I think Old Street and others too).
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Post by Chris M on Aug 7, 2015 22:49:39 GMT
The hot air balloon design (Finsbury Park?) is one of the best tiling designs imho.
There is also the very start black and white in the new Tottneham Court Road ticket hall.
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Post by Antje on Aug 8, 2015 1:00:56 GMT
The feed background is up on at least one of the platforms currently. Either pic or jubilee I might not need to find a photo... my memory is that the white background version was exactly like this red one? I would have to guess the shade of green for the leaves, though. This one?  Leaves motif on Green Park Victoria line platforms - geograph.org.uk - 614587[CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)] Oxyman (From geograph.org.uk), from Wikimedia Commons |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 15:14:58 GMT
Speedbird logo at Hatton Cross? Bakerloo Line tunnel design at Paddington? Maybe too esoteric but has anyone ever seen the green tiles at Barons Court ticket hall? (perhaps one of the most underrated stations in London, especially the station building). Northern City Line platforms at Moorgate (plus I think Old Street and others too). Simon Hi Simon, some helpful suggestions, thanks! I've added them all to my facebook page. I like the tiles at Barons Court (although I'll probably stick to using artwork from platforms). And the Northern City Line pattern is interesting, but the problem here may be seeking permission as they're not part of TfL. Is this the right image for the Paddington tiles? www.facebook.com/TheTubeGame/photos/a.709597339146072.1073741831.708028742636265/716312401807899/?type=3&theater |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 15:18:33 GMT
The hot air balloon design (Finsbury Park?) is one of the best tiling designs imho. There is also the very start black and white in the new Tottneham Court Road ticket hall. The hot air balloon makes for a very tough trivia question, especially as it's a single design rather than a repeating motif, but I might include it. The black and white Tottenham Court Road ones are quite striking, perhaps I'll abandon sticking to platforms... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 15:20:47 GMT
Excellent! That's really helpful, thank you, antje. |
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Post by North End on Aug 28, 2015 17:35:34 GMT
No matter how hard they try, I find reproduction tiles rarely look 'right'. It doesn't help that the grout lines are nearly always too thick, which I find completely ruins the whole effect. I raised this with some figures within LU's heritage department, apparently they are aware of this, but supposedly having thinner grout lines makes the tiles more likely to become unsecure. An alternative theory is that it's to do with the modern tiles being in metric measurements. Either way for me it completely spoils any attempts to try and replicate -- to the point where at times I wish they wouldn't bother. It's like having modern smooth glass in old sash window frames - it just doesn't look right to the eye. Whilst Kennington doesn't look *too* bad, I don't know why they bothered obtaining replica tiles for Borough, when the current tiling scheme is completely different from what was there before. Same goes for Highgate - I think that looks awful too. |
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Post by spsmiler on Aug 31, 2015 10:50:36 GMT
Speedbird logo at Hatton Cross? Bakerloo Line tunnel design at Paddington? Maybe too esoteric but has anyone ever seen the green tiles at Barons Court ticket hall? (perhaps one of the most underrated stations in London, especially the station building). Northern City Line platforms at Moorgate (plus I think Old Street and others too). Simon Hi Simon, some helpful suggestions, thanks! I've added them all to my facebook page. I like the tiles at Barons Court (although I'll probably stick to using artwork from platforms). And the Northern City Line pattern is interesting, but the problem here may be seeking permission as they're not part of TfL. Is this the right image for the Paddington tiles? www.facebook.com/TheTubeGame/photos/a.709597339146072.1073741831.708028742636265/716312401807899/?type=3&theaterApologies for the delayed reply, somehow I missed your message. The Bakerloo Line tile design I had in mind is below. There are variants of this elsewhere along the platforms and passageways. Simon  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2015 9:29:44 GMT
The Bakerloo Line tile design I had in mind is below. There are variants of this elsewhere along the platforms and passageways. Simon Hi Simon, Thank you, that's pretty striking and certainly worth considering (apologies for my even longer delay!) Do you by chance have any information about what the diagram depicts? Does anyone know who the designer of this might be or from when the platform art dates? Much appreciated, Alef |
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