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Rupert: Last week, we asked what makes good design? Has Harry Beck's design classic from 1933 been lost in a tangle of new lines and detailed information? We can now bring you a response from Transport for London's Group Design Manager.

TfL will publish its new tube map this Sunday - November 11th. But thanks to and others, we've got wind of it early and it's attracting plenty of comment. It's a journey that's taken us from this:

To this:

See it better .

But does this latest map do an injustice to Harry Beck's original? Here are a couple of alternatives that have been brough to our attention. First this from :

Here's another Max made earlier:

And this from :

Any of the above appeal? There's much on going debate about all this on the blog. Here, as promised, is TfL's Group Design Manager Innes Ferguson. Eddie first asked if any other designs had been considered?

If you click on the Channel Guide, you can also hear from Oliver Green from the London Transport Museum.

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