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Tom Eckersley

Art & Industry 294, December 1950

Content includes:
Levelling Out Editorial
Parental Control in Chain Store Publicity by Sydney Hyde
Window Display The Airborne Idea
New Designs from the Factories
National Advertising- The Danish Spirit by Mogens Kaaröe
Seasonable Thoughts on Packaging by J.K.G.
The Good Home- A Dutch Exhibition by H. Molenaar

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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. Explore related designers including Abram Games, FHK Henrion, and Hans Schleger. See also British Modernism, British graphic design history, and 1940s graphic design history.
Art and Industry
Art and Industry was a British monthly magazine which focused on commercial art, graphic design, advertising, and industrial design. The magazine was previously called Commercial Art.

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Art & Industry 294, December 1950. Cover design by Tom Eckersley
Art & Industry 294, December 1950. Cover design by Tom Eckersley
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