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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 067, July 1954

Content Includes:
Artist Versus Engineer by L. Bruce Archer
Sitting In Comfort by Brigid O’ Donovan
Fusegear For The Modern Interior by Michael Farr
Oxy-Acetylene Cutting Tools by Jack Stafford
Office Equipment: Part Three
Typewriters by R. Dudley Ryder
Foreign Review
USA: Design For Labour-Saving by Claud Bunyard
Denmark: Fifty Years of Antiques
Pointers From The Congress

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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.
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, 067, July 1954. Cover design by Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion
Design, Council of Industrial Design, 067, July 1954. Cover design by Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion
The July 1954 issues of British journal, Design. Featuring one of many covers designs by F.H.K. Henrion.
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