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Federico Leggio pays tribute to Berlin's U-Bahn with graphic poster series

When Italian designer Federico Leggio moved to Germany two years ago, he became fascinated with Berlin's Untergrundbahn and the many colourful and tiled walls of its stations. He liked them so much he decided to create a poster series paying tribute to them.

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Four poster designs from Federico Leggio's U-Bahn series, each featuring geometric patterns and colour schemes inspired by Berlin's underground stations

The U-Bahn serves 173 stations and is spread across 10 lines, covering 94 miles – about 80% of which is underground. Leggio simply picked his favourites, including U7 Wilmersdorfer Straße and U6 Paradestraße. He even added a little detail to the poster, explaining more about the station in question.

Of course, many others consider Berlin's U-Bahn to be an underground art gallery, with its creative use of pattern, colour, typography and architecture. Danish photographer Patrick Kauffmann is someone who has also been captivated with the subway system, capturing its diversity in a stunning photo series.

If you want to see more of Leggio's graphic works, you can follow him on Behance or visit his website at www.federicoleggio.it.

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Two graphic posters inspired by Berlin U-Bahn stations: left shows symmetrical red and white geometric shapes on green, right displays blue angular forms on yellow background
Two posters from Federico Leggio's Berlin U-Bahn series showing pixelated designs of U6 Paradestraße with colourful vertical bars and U7 Wilmersdorfer Straße with geometric flowers and greenery against dark backgrounds
Two posters from Federico Leggio's Berlin U-Bahn series: left shows colourful geometric patterns in yellow, pink and blue with diamond shapes; right depicts a white brick wall with a green oval outline
Two posters showing geometric tile patterns from Berlin U-Bahn stations: U7 Wilmersdorfer Straße with yellow cross and red stripes, and U6 Paradestraße with green and white plant motifs
Four graphic posters from Federico Leggio's Berlin U-Bahn tribute series, each featuring bold geometric patterns and vibrant colours inspired by different station tiles
Federico Leggio's poster series displaying pixelated graphic reproductions of colourful tile patterns from Berlin U-Bahn stations arranged on black backgrounds
Four poster designs featuring pixelated patterns representing Berlin U-Bahn station tiles, each with typography and station information at the bottom
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