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Ken Garland

Ergonomics for Industry 07, Men, Machines and Controls, January 1965

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  • Format Booklet
  • Designer/s Ken Garland and Robert Chapman
  • Year 1965
  • Client/Publisher Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Ken Garland and Robert Chapman
Ken Garland studied at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts in the 1950s and was taught by Herbert Spencer, Anthony Froshaug and Jesse Collins. Whilst at the School he studied alongside designers Ken Briggs, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes. Explore related designers including FHK Henrion and Herbert Spencer. See also British Modernism, Design magazine, and British graphic design history.
Ergonomics for Industry
Ergonomics for Industry was a British technical publication series designed by Ken Garland in the 1960s, one of the finest examples of systematic information design applied to industrial communication.

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Ergonomics for Industry 07, Men, Machines and Controls, January 1965. Designed by Ken Garland and Robert Chapman
Ergonomics for Industry 07, Men, Machines and Controls, January 1965. Designed by Ken Garland and Robert Chapman
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