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Gifts for Serious Fans - Music Wall Prints and Film Plot Line Art

Mike Bell’s extensively researched giclée prints are an ideal gift for any committed fan. MUSIC MAPs: every studio album and every artist, reconnected as a tube map; FILM PLOT LINE MAPS: every character, actor and story beat on its own tube line.

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".. It's a brilliant idea.. Really like what you've done, Mike." BILLY BRAGG

Deeply researched music discography, tube map art prints, and film plot map art prints, designed by Mike Bell as ideal gifts for music fans and film lovers.

Every album and every musician are connected as tube lines between recording intersections.

Held in the permanent collections of the V&A David Bowie Centre and the Bruce Springsteen Archives.

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Joy Division and New Order discography tube map wall art print teaser, ideal gift for fans of Joy Division and New Order, designed by Mike Bell.

Popular Music & Film Tube Map Gifts

Original gifts for music lovers and film fans. I turn discographies, film plots and musical eras into detailed tube map wall art, loved by Beatles fans, David Bowie collectors and horror movie obsessives alike. Proven bestsellers, and a standout gift for someone who has everything.

Close-up of the Bruce Springsteen discography tube map showing the E Street Band backbone tube lines - Roy Bittan, Max Weinberg, Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici and Steven Van Zandt - across the catalogue, designed by Mike Bell.

"It is truly amazing!” Bruce Springsteen Archive, NJ

Mikebellmaps® is Mike Bell's studio, mapping music discographies and film narratives with the structural logic of the London Underground, a genuinely original gift for music fans and movie lovers.

Every credited musician is a line. Every studio album is a station. All connected
Over 70 artists and six film franchises mapped so far, with prints held in the V&A David Bowie Centre and the Bruce Springsteen Archives at Monmouth University.

Each discography tube map art print is hand-researched from liner notes and session credits, designed without AI, and produced as a Giclée print on 230gsm paper. A2 and A1, from £42

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Held in museums. Endorsed by artists. Featured in national press

My tube map art prints are held in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Bruce Springsteen Archives, and the work has been featured by The Guardian.

Permanent Collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

My David Bowie discography map is held at the David Bowie Centre, V&A East Storehouse, London.

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Permanent Archive

Bruce Springsteen Archives

My Bruce Springsteen discography map is held at the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music, Monmouth University.

"Truly amazing"

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National Press

The Guardian

I was interviewed by The Guardian for a feature about life changes after sixty, from de-diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease to making these tube maps as a lockdown escape.

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"Very cool and smart.."  Dr Susan Rogers, Prince's Producer 

Movie Fan Art Prints - Film Plot Maps and Character Prints

Discover my intricate movie plotline narratives - linking scenes, characters, and timelines through research-driven design on tube-map styled layouts. Characters become tube lines, plot points become stations - I create maps for entire movie franchises, too.

Questions About My Music & Movie Tube Maps, Answered

Everything you need to know about how I research and design discography and film plot tube maps, how to read them, what goes into each one, and how to order.

What are Mike Bell Maps?

Considered gifts for fans: hand-researched tube map art prints that trace a musician's or film's story with the structural logic of Harry Beck's London Underground diagram. Lines are credited musicians or characters, stations are albums or plot points. Prints are held in the V&A David Bowie Centre and the Bruce Springsteen Archives. Browse Music Maps and Film Plot Maps.

Who designs them?

I'm Mike Bell, a UK designer and researcher working from East Sussex. My maps are endorsed by Billy Bragg, Warren Ellis, Simon Rogers of The Fall and Dr Susan Rogers, Prince's producer. Read more on the design process page.

How do the maps work?

  • Lines - musicians, session players or characters
  • Stations - albums or key plot points
  • Branch lines - one-off contributors

Every line is verified from liner notes, session credits and trusted film sources.

What formats make the best gifts for fans?

A2 and A1 Giclée prints on 230gsm archival paper, handmade Italian wood frames, or a stretched canvas. Prices start from £42. Browse all wall art prints or the full print specifications.

How are orders printed and shipped?

Each print is made to order by my nearest vetted print partner to your delivery address, worldwide, arriving fully assembled and ready to hang. Full details on the shipping information page.