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'london underground circuit maps' by yuri suzuki
images © hitomi kai yoda
japanese designer yuri suzuki has sent designboom images of his 'london underground circuit maps' project developed
as part of the designers in residence program at the london design museum, on show until january 13th, 2013.
responding to 'thrift' as a theme, suzuki's work explores communication systems in consumer electronics.
a printed circuit board (PCB) is used as a precedent for developing a electrical circuit influenced by harry beck's iconic
london underground map diagrams. by strategically positioning certain speaker, resistor and battery components throughout the map,
users can visually understand the complex networks associated with electricity and how power is generated within a radio.

overview of the london underground map

detailed network of resistors and components

detailed network of resistors and components

full circuit board view
yuri suzuki designers in residence video
looks like great fun, can it be purchased now? Id like to see the line expanded and let buyers choose the city they\’d like. Great job.
suzuki is the kiddie.
Ironic, considering Beck was an electrical draughtsman who based his design on electrical wiring diagrams…
i\’d buy it…great
well done! Now the speakers in a underground-look.
Pretty sure mile end is on the district line as well
I’ve ridden a lot of that…..circuitry!
But what’s the point, given that it clearly doesn’t function? Erm, oh, it’s “Design” is it?
Thing is: It does function. It’s a working radio.
Jonas: Nope, it can’t. All the copper on the board is shorted together. It’s especially visible in the second-to-last photo.
Not quite all of it, look closer.
Yup, it’s definitely not all shorted together. It’s especially visible in the second-to-last photo. =P
Neil/Daniel – it works, I’ve seen (and heard) it on display at the Design Museum in London Don’t be so hasty to judge things based on a photograph! Objects are designed to be EXPERIENCED not simply viewed on a computer screen
Nice film about it here as well: https://vimeo.com/album/2067663/video/48937359
It would be cool for it to play the reworded version of the Jam’s Going Underground :-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxJKvYBNgo8