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2017

Britain in the World? No thanks (British Airways’ 1997 corporate identity by Newell and Sorrell)original ↗
9 Aug 2017
Barnstormer (Barnsley Interchange, South Yorkshire, UK)original ↗
2 Aug 2017
Classical Stations (Whitby and Scarborough railway stations, North Yorkshire, UK)original ↗
26 Jul 2017
The Wonderful World of Wood (Manchester Oxford Road station, Greater Manchester, UK)original ↗
12 Jul 2017
The Regrettable Death and Strange Second Life of the Integrated Transport Smartcardoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2017
Lost Beauty #10: Hospital Case (Christ’s Hospital station, West Sussex, UK)original ↗
28 Jun 2017
Taking the Sea Air (Marine Air Terminal, La Guardia Airport, New York (NY), USA)original ↗
21 Jun 2017
Marvellous Modern Shelters (Cross Houses and Fairy Cross bus shelters, UK)original ↗
14 Jun 2017
Turning the Supertanker (RDG’s Britain Runs on Rail campaign)original ↗
7 Jun 2017
Absolute Block: the Transport Art of Gail Brodholtoriginal ↗
31 May 2017
The Unicorn Stable (Piotrkowska Centrum tram station, Łódź, Poland)original ↗
24 May 2017
Vernacular Spectacular: Bus Shelters Which Break the Mouldoriginal ↗
17 May 2017
Glass Candy (Stratford DLR Station (High Level), London, UK)original ↗
10 May 2017
House of the Rising Sun (Helios House, Los Angeles (CA), USA)original ↗
3 May 2017
All Hail! The London Black Cab, a Transport Iconoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2017
M is for… Metro (Calvert typeface and the Nexus Tyne and Wear public transport visual identity)original ↗
19 Apr 2017
Steamer Trading (Wemyss Bay station, Scotland)original ↗
12 Apr 2017
Roadside Refectories (Cabmen’s Shelters, UK)original ↗
5 Apr 2017
Flight of the Concourse (Leeds station, West Yorkshire, UK)original ↗
29 Mar 2017
The Accidental Railway Station (Ashford International, Kent, UK)  original ↗
22 Mar 2017
Don’t Give in to Their Goodbyes, Northern Stars (PTE mainline rail visual identities 1995-2017)original ↗
15 Mar 2017
Shaft! 9 – Shaft Goes Daan the East End (Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, UK)original ↗
8 Mar 2017
Local Heroes (PTE mainline rail visual identities 1970-1994)original ↗
1 Mar 2017
First Flight (Croydon Airport Terminal, London, UK)original ↗
22 Feb 2017
Highway/Art Intersection (Intersection Repairs, Portland (OR), USA)original ↗
15 Feb 2017
Shaft! 8 – Shaft on the Tyne is All Mine (Tyne Tunnel ventilation shaft buildings)original ↗
8 Feb 2017
The Dead Hand of State Design (State-sponsored visual identities on Britain’s railways, 2000-)original ↗
1 Feb 2017
Shaft! 7 – Shaft Across the Mersey (Kingsway Tunnel Ventilation Shaft Buildings, Liverpool and Wallasey, UK)original ↗
25 Jan 2017
Obscure Objects of Transport Beauty: The Bundy Clockoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2017
Robert Stephenson’s Aerial Tubeway (Britannia Bridge, Menai Strait, Wales, UK)original ↗
11 Jan 2017
Not Just Any Old Iron (Great Malvern station, Worcestershire, UK)original ↗
4 Jan 2017

2016

Seasonal Special: Everything I Needed to Know About Urban Transport Planning I (could have) Learned from Watching “The Simpsons”…original ↗
21 Dec 2016
A Station Fit for a King (Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, UK)original ↗
14 Dec 2016
In Case of Emergency, Open Box (AA and RAC telephone boxes, UK)original ↗
7 Dec 2016
The Truth, or Something Beautiful (on the confusion of public transport with tourism, history or character)original ↗
30 Nov 2016
Mr Carden’s Home for Peculiar Transport (Patcham Pylons, Brighton, UK)original ↗
23 Nov 2016
Beautiful Nightmare (Santa Maria Novella station, Florence, Italy)original ↗
16 Nov 2016
The Beauty of Transport has been Nationalised (Somewhat to my Surprise)original ↗
9 Nov 2016
Mainlining Style (Midland Mainline visual identity 1996-2004)original ↗
2 Nov 2016
Mad as a Box of Tudor (Furness Railway signal box, Carnforth, Lancashire, UK)original ↗
26 Oct 2016
Grand Hotel (Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancashire, UK)original ↗
19 Oct 2016
The Men from the Future (Helsinki Central station, Finland)original ↗
12 Oct 2016
The Train on Kaleidoscope Lines (British passenger railway post-privatisation visual identities)original ↗
5 Oct 2016
The Tunnel We Love (Crystal Palace Subway, London, UK)original ↗
28 Sept 2016
House of Train (Liverpool Road station, Manchester, UK)original ↗
21 Sept 2016
One Tudor Manor House, Complete With Garden Airport (Speke Airport, Liverpool, UK)original ↗
14 Sept 2016
Safety First (The Permanent Way, by David Hare)original ↗
7 Sept 2016
Glamour From Aviation’s Early Years (Shoreham Airport terminal, West Sussex, UK)original ↗
31 Aug 2016
Premium Unleaded Style (Fina 2010 filling stations by Samyn and Partners, Belgium and The Netherlands)original ↗
24 Aug 2016
Sixteen Sheets to the Wind (Leuven station, Belgium)original ↗
17 Aug 2016
Artful Interchange (Graz Hauptbahnhof, Graz, Austria)original ↗
10 Aug 2016
Copper Boxes (Signal Boxes, Basel, Switzerland)original ↗
3 Aug 2016
It’s Big, But is it Clever? (Canary Wharf tube station, London, UK)original ↗
27 Jul 2016
Sparkling Diamonds (Welbeck Street multi-storey car park, London, UK)original ↗
20 Jul 2016
Pump It Up: the Lost Art of Petrol Pump Style (Manor Road Garage, East Preston, UK)original ↗
13 Jul 2016
Obscure Objects of Transport Beauty: Pandrol Rail Cliporiginal ↗
6 Jul 2016
Seeing Red: The Routemaster Bus, a Transport Iconoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2016
Back to Blackburn (Blackburn bus station, Blackburn, UK)original ↗
22 Jun 2016
Closed Loop (City Hall station, New York (NY), USA)original ↗
15 Jun 2016
Park Life (The High Line, New York (NY), USA)original ↗
8 Jun 2016
Flying Bananas: InterCity 125, a Transport Iconoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2016
The St Pancras of the Tyne & Wear Metro (Tynemouth station, UK)original ↗
25 May 2016
The Bus Station Now Arriving (the fall and rise of British bus station design)original ↗
18 May 2016
Concrete Curves (Bus station, Casar de Cáceres, Spain)original ↗
11 May 2016
The Unexpected Cultural Significance of Dr Richard Beechingoriginal ↗
4 May 2016
The Many Murals of the Victoria Line (London, UK)original ↗
27 Apr 2016
Transport Adventures in Hong Kong (Airport Express corporate identity development 1993-98)original ↗
20 Apr 2016
Fly the Formal Skies (BOAC corporate identity 1946-1974)original ↗
13 Apr 2016
Eric Ravilious: Transport Magicianoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2016
The Underground World of Norman Foster (Metro Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain)original ↗
30 Mar 2016
The Unfortunate Intersection of Rain, Unsuitable Shoes, and Cutting Edge Transport Architecture (Sondica Airport and Campo Volantín bridge, Bilbao, Spain)original ↗
23 Mar 2016
Beautiful Robots, Dancing Alone (Millau Viaduct, France)original ↗
16 Mar 2016
Flying the Flag (beautiful, and not-so-beautiful, British bus stop flags)original ↗
9 Mar 2016
Obscure Objects of Transport Beauty: LSWR Boundary Markeroriginal ↗
2 Mar 2016
Parasol Paraíso (Repsol filling stations, Spain and Portugal)original ↗
24 Feb 2016
Fallen Angels: Concorde, a Transport Iconoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2016
Box of Delight (Westminster Underground station, London, UK)original ↗
10 Feb 2016
Heart of Glass (Amsterdam Centraal Busstation, the Netherlands)original ↗
3 Feb 2016
Shards of Fearsome Light (Olaias Metro station, Lisbon, Portugal)original ↗
27 Jan 2016
Primp My Lift (Elevador de Santa Justa, Lisbon, Portugal)original ↗
20 Jan 2016
All Angles and Lava (Intercambiador de Guaguas, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain)original ↗
13 Jan 2016
Travels with my Father (Johnston typeface, Edward Johnston)original ↗
6 Jan 2016

2015

The Fe-Line (Nishi station, Japan)original ↗
23 Dec 2015
Big Blue (Tees Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough, UK)original ↗
16 Dec 2015
The Rolling Art Galleries of Network SouthEast (Edward Pond murals and NSE route badges)original ↗
9 Dec 2015
The Upside Down Airport (London Stansted Airport, UK)original ↗
2 Dec 2015
Shaft! 6 – Shaft Goes Stylish (Jubilee Line Ventilation Shafts, London, UK)original ↗
25 Nov 2015
Four Chimneys Good, Two Chimneys… (Lots Road Power Station, London, UK)original ↗
18 Nov 2015
Power to the People (Tramway Generating Station, Bristol, UK)original ↗
11 Nov 2015
Reach for the Skies (55 Broadway, London, UK)original ↗
4 Nov 2015
The Big Box (Birmingham New Street signal box, UK)original ↗
28 Oct 2015
A Tale of Two Bus Stations (Slough, UK)original ↗
21 Oct 2015
What’s the Point?original ↗
14 Oct 2015
Mile High Marvel (Union Station, Denver (Colorado), USA)original ↗
7 Oct 2015
Alphonse Mucha: Transport Artist for Hireoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2015
The Ads Have It (British train and bus TV adverts)original ↗
23 Sept 2015
Type in the Fast Lane (FHWA Series typeface, USA)original ↗
16 Sept 2015
Three Shades of Grey (Railfreight 1987 corporate identity, Roundel Design Group, UK)original ↗
9 Sept 2015
Baby Brutalism (Concrete bus shelters, Lewis, UK)original ↗
2 Sept 2015
The Wisdom of Crowds (The Luchtsingel, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)original ↗
26 Aug 2015
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