Design Coordination and Corporate Image, Studio Vista, 1967

‘Twenty seven examples of successful design coordination are presented in this book. They are drawn from nine countries, and range from international corporations such as IBM and Olivetti, through special schemes such as the British Road Signs and the Tokyo Olympics, to a small apple farmer in Sussex. “This is the first authoritative book on an important new subject. Design coordination and the corporate image is the Tiel choose by the authors to describe the activity which creates a house style, a yet goes a great deal further and deeper. It is an active which can be initiated by a corporations top management as a long-term policy.’

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  • Format Book
  • Year 1967
  • Client/Publisher Studio Vista, London / Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York
  • Size 240mm x 270mm
F. H. K. Henrion studied in Paris, as a textile designer, then exhibition, stage and graphic design. He early clients included Levant Fair, 1936, Paris International Fair, 1937, Glasgow Empire Exhibition, 1938 and New York World Fair, 1939. During the war he was the consultant to the exhibitions division of the Ministry of Information and to the American Office of War Information in London. He was also the art editor of Contact, Future, BoAC publications, The Bowater Papers and The Compleat Imbiber. His later clients included the Festival of Britain, 1951, Olivetti, the British Transport Commission and KLM. Explore related designers including Tom Eckersley, Abram Games, and Ken Garland. See also British Modernism, British graphic design history, and Rise of Corporate Identity.

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