Making Music Maps and Movie Plot Line Tube Maps

How many musicians play on an album ranges from one to forty-three. Counts pulled from 70 hand-researched discography maps, from The Smiths to Joe Jackson.

The Lewes tube map explained line by line: eight lines, the River Ouse, the DFL Line, and the 2030 and 2080 flood zones drawn over an East Sussex town.

Marketplaces, print-on-demand, galleries or direct from the maker. What to check on paper weight, ink, Giclée claims and framing before you order an art print.

Or: Why returning to old records isn't nostalgia, it's navigation There's a moment many of us recognise around our sixties. You put on a record you haven't played in years,...

The Fall Post Script arrives in September 2026, billed as the final official studio album. My Fall map plots 31 studio albums and 56 credited musicians from 1979 to 2017,...

Tube Map Art - Harry Beck's Design Logic Applied to Music Tube map art has meant one thing for most of the past century: a reproduction of the London Underground...

Deeply Researched Discography Tube Maps and Film Plot Prints, Unique Gifts for Music Fans and Film Collectors From £42 Finding a gift for a serious music fan or film collector...

After years of researching discography maps, the printer relationship matters as much as the design. Here's why Printumo is now the print partner behind mikebellmaps.com.

Designing for old age and being relevant I read a piece in the Guardian this week about positive attitudes to ageing, citing a Yale study by Prof Becca Levy and...

I work from my studio in East Sussex, where I constantly research and create Music Maps and Plotline Maps that represent the musical journeys of bands and solo artists, film...

A genuinely thoughtful gift isn't about price tags or whatever's trending this month. It's about noticing someone properly and choosing something that lasts. In my experience of making and selling...

Why are art prints one of the most thoughtful gifts for music fans? When you are looking for a gift for music fans it is easy to fall back on...

Designing Tube Map Art Prints for Music Fans I started this art prints for music fans project in the middle of the Covid lockdown, mapping one band at a time,...

Art print delivery works differently here than at most print shops, and it is worth two minutes of your time before you order. Your map is not posted from my...

Art Connecting People I have always believed that art is not just something to hang on a wall, it is a way to connect people. It cuts through the noise....

Gift Ideas - Art Prints for Music and Film Fans If you are looking for a gift that is not generic or mass-produced, my hand-designed art prints offer something more...

Hi, my name is Mike Bell, and I'm the creator behind these transit map reinventions across MikeBellMaps - the clue's in the name ;). I'm a show and event designer...

Studio Albums and Music Map Connections Music history is full of twists and turns, band members come and go, collaborations shape new sounds, and legendary albums define eras. But how...