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Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion

Design, Council of Industrial Design, 065, May 1954

Content includes:
Points and Pointers
Fifth In Line by John E. Blake
The Study of Appearance During Engineering Design by J Beresford-Evans
Gas Cooker by Jack Stafford
Views On Pottery
Design Out of Development by John Gray
Conversion To A Modern Office by Wyndham Goodden
Office Equipment: Part Two: Filing Systems by R. Dudley Ryder
Design Education at AEI

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  • Format Magazine / Periodical / Journal
  • Designer/s Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion
  • Year 1954
  • 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.
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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, 065, May 1954. Cover design by Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion
Design, Council of Industrial Design, 065, May 1954. Cover design by Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion
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