一詞日曆：倫敦地鐵的新logo挺有意思
commission
[kə'mɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 委員會；委任
London’s underground transit system, known as “The London Underground” or “The Tube,” started running in 1863. Its iconic symbol, a patriotically colored bar-and-circle roundel, was first plastered on the city’s subterranean walls in 1908 and has gone through several iterations since.
倫敦地下交通系統於1863年開始運營，它又被稱爲“The London Underground”（倫敦地鐵）或“The Tube”（倫敦地鐵）。其標誌性符號是一個帶有愛國主義色彩（紅白藍三色，與英國國旗的顏色相同）的圓形圖案，由長方形和圓形組合在一起。該符號於1908年被首次畫在倫敦地下的牆壁上，此後該符號經歷了數次改版。
Until now, each new draft of the logo has been a variation on the same theme—all solidly red and blue, with only slight changes to the proportions and weight of the letters.
到目前爲止，該標誌的每一種新草案都是同一主題的變體，顏色始終爲紅色和藍色，改變的只有字母的比例和權重。
Recently, however, British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong has reimagined the traditional transit symbol to reflect the rich and diverse African diaspora that makes up roughly 44% of London’s population.
然而，最近英裔加納藝術家拉里·阿奇阿邦重新設計了這一傳統的交通符號，以體現佔倫敦人口44%的富庶且迥然不同的非洲移民。
This large-scale logo redesign is a public commission from Art on the Underground, a visual arts showcase funded by Transport for London, which “seeks to consider the possibilities of alternate histories,” according to a statement.
一份聲明指出，該標誌此次大幅度的改版是由倫敦地鐵藝術公共委員會發起的，而倫敦地鐵藝術是倫敦交通局資助的一個視覺藝術展，此次改版“旨在研究不同歷史的可能性”。
“Pan African Flag for the Relic Travellers’ Alliance” exists as a part of the showcase’s 2019 program “On Edge,” which encourages artists to create works that explore themes of unity, utopia, and belonging, inspired by the United Kingdom’s likely departure from the European Union, thanks to Brexit (the deadline to withdraw, deal or not, has been extended to January 31, 2020).
“文物旅遊聯盟的泛非洲旗幟”是2019年藝術展項目“On Edge”（在邊緣）的一部分，它鼓勵藝術家探索以統一、烏托邦和歸屬感爲主題，且以英國脫歐（取消脫歐、協議脫歐或無協議脫歐的最後期限被延長至2020年1月31日）爲靈感來進行的藝術作品創作。
Achiampong was invited to create eight different versions of the classic roundel, to be placed in 70 different locations around London’s Westminster Underground station, which sits right across from the Houses of Parliament.
阿奇阿邦應邀爲該經典圓形標誌創作八個不同版本，它們將被放置在倫敦威斯敏斯特地鐵站周圍的70個不同的地點，而威斯敏斯特地鐵站就在英國議會大廈對面。
今日詞彙
commission
[kə'mɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 委員會；委任
Our product can be bought off the shelf or by commission.
我們的產品既可現貨購買，也可委託製作。
