Showing posts with label maps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maps. Show all posts

Thursday, 15 August 2013

Euro Disneyland Retro designs


As far as I can tell these are the first guides made for the Euro Disney theme park known as Disneyland Paris now. My Grandad had kept them from when we visited as it had just opened in 1992 (I was 3 or 4 years old so I don't remember) They are printed as being made in 1991.   


I love how almost all the pictures are painted as they probably didn't have any photographs while it was being made. The park might not have been finished at that point.





There are a couple of pages explaining the main characters Walt Disney created.










Apparently you had to pay for this guide which is strange as they are usually free now.





Here I have the guides from when I visited in 2008 as it was their 15th anniversary which I have put alongside the old ones to compare. If you would like to see my photos from that trip you can view my post here.







I love the borders at the bottom of each page to further illustrate the themes. 






The new guides are much more compact and other than the map there is not as much detail in the text information. 


The back looks to be used as advertising space. 


Studios guide. 



Monday, 5 August 2013

Retro Underground + Transport Design


To continue my love of the London Underground's design I have created this post on a small collection of maps and guides. They date back to 1976 and I have compared some to the designs used at the moment to see how they have changed.  


From left to right: Not dated, 1974, 1974.









1979



1976, 1979, 1986, December 2012.



Top: 1976 - Bottom: 2012



1976


1986




This is my favourite purely for the photo of the typical British gentlemen in the bottom right corner.