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Tom Eckersley - British Graphic Designer

Art & Industry 293, November 1950

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Content includes:
Fair Shares or Smash and Grab? Editorial
Saucy Sartorial Salesmanship by J. K. Goldthorpe
Publicizing Oil by E. F. Richardson
What’s Wrong with Plastics Design? by J. M. Williams
Designer: Milner Gray by George Butler
New Designs from the Factories
Bakelite Research

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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 293, November 1950. Cover design by Tom Eckersley
Art & Industry 293, November 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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