An Empire of Stars
The forgotten history of the British Space Programme
London’s Lost Pneumatic Railway
In Get Them on the Blower we looked at the fascinating history of London's forgotten Pneumatic tubes, which carried messages throughout the capital. Now, over on our London-transport-focused sister site...
Get Them On The Blower
Pneumatic messaging blows cylindrical carriers in tubes, carrying messages and small items in closed systems, which were pioneered and developed in London in the 1850's, ironically to support a new electric...
A Typeface For The Underground
On Monday the 2nd January 1979, Eiichi Kono walked into the offices of Banks and Miles, one of London’s most renowned graphic design agencies. It was his first day at the firm as a typographer, and he was...
The Man Who Painted London Red
When the architecture of the Underground is discussed, it is nearly always to the work of Charles Holden that comment turns. The reasoning for this, of course, is obvious. In the likes of Gants Hill, Arnos...
The Gaming Diaries of Jordan Mechner
Jordan Mechner is perhaps the epitome of that special generation of videogame designers that existed in the eighties at the dawn of the gaming age. Often young and working alone, they created many of the games...