Christoph Niemann, born in 1970 in Germany, is a well-known illustrator and author of children's books. During his 11-year stay as an illustrator for The New Yorker and New York Times Magazine, his boys were fascinated by New York subway maps such as those in Manhattan, Brooklin, Queens or Bronx stations. Thus was born the idea of arranging a bath of colored ceramic tiles that mimics the maps of the subway routes.
