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Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion

Design, Council of Industrial Design, 084, December 1955

Content includes:
The Design Centre for World Buyers
Front End Design by Edwin F. Facquet
Fires And Fireplaces by Alister Maynard
Designing Wallpapers by Fohn E. Blake
Ten Year Old Experiment
Cutlery And Flatware by Tom Gregson
400 Ton Hydraulic Press
A Company’s Livery by J. Noel White
Oversea Review:
France and Australia

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  • Format Magazine / Periodical / Journal
  • Designer/s Most likely Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
  • Year 1955
  • Client/Publisher Council of Industrial Design
  • Size 200mm x 265mm
Most likely 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.
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, 84, December 1955
Design, Council of Industrial Design, 84, December 1955
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