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Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion

Design, Council of Industrial Design, 059, November 1953

Content includes:
Designers From The Record by C. G. Tomrley
John Harper And Co Ltd by Jock Kinneir
The Trend In Television Cabinets by Peter Sharp
Review Of Current Design
Design Development of a Gas Boiler by Jack Stafford
Two Familiar Quartics by F. A. D. Wedd
A Display for Marine Engines
From Germany: New Package and Unit Furniture

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  • Format Magazine / Periodical / Journal
  • Designer/s Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion
  • Year 1953
  • Client/Publisher Council of Industrial Design
  • Size 200mm x 265mm
Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion
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.
Design (Council of Industrial Design)
Design was published by the Council of Industrial Design from the 1940s until the 1990s. It covers design policy, exhibitions, and products.

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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 059, November 1953. Cover design by Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion
Design, Council of Industrial Design, 059, November 1953. Cover design by Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion
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