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Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion

Design, Council of Industrial Design, 077, May 1955

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Frederick Henri Kay 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, 77, May 1955. Cover design by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
Design, Council of Industrial Design, 77, May 1955. Cover design by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
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