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Tom Eckersley - British Graphic Designer

Art & Industry 291, September 1950

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Content includes:
Old Wine in New Bottles by M. C. Farrar Bell
Chasing the Dollar at 125 m.p.h.
Taking their Own Medicine by René Elvin
Industrial Design Competition No. VILI
Corduroys or Boiler Suit ? by W. N. Duffy, M.S.I.A.
New Designs from the Factories
Knock-down Furniture in Local Woods

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Tom Eckersley
  • Year: 1950
  • Client/Publisher: The Studio Ltd
  • Size: 195mm X 250mm
Tom Eckersley was born in Lowton, Lancashire, in 1914 and studied at Salford College of Art. He began his first career in London, together with Eric Lombers in 1935, designing for London Transport, Shell Mex, BBC, General Post Office and many other important companies.  Eckersley was a member of the Society of Artists and Designers and a Royal Designer for Industry and the Society of Typographic Designers. As well as a designer, he was head of the Department of Design, London College of Printing, and a member of the graphic judging panel for the diplomas in Art and Design.

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Art & Industry 291, September 1950. Cover design by Tom Eckersley
Art & Industry 291, September 1950. Cover design by Tom Eckersley
Tom Eckersley was born in Lowton, Lancashire, in 1914 and studied at Salford College of Art. He began his first career in London, together with Eric Lombers in 1935, designing for London Transport, Shell Mex, BBC, General Post Office and many other important companies.  Eckersley was a member of the Society of Artists and Designers and a Royal Designer for Industry and the Society of Typographic Designers. As well as a designer, he was head of the Department of Design, London College of Printing, and a member of the graphic judging panel for the diplomas in Art and Design.
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