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Tom Eckersley

Holiday Haunts, Eastern & North Eastern England, British Railways, 1961

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Tom Eckersley
  • Year 1961
  • Client/Publisher British Railways
  • Size 140mm x 210mm
Tom Eckersley
Tom Eckersley was born in Lowton, Lancashire, in 1914 and studied at Salford College of Art. He began his first career in London, together with Eric Lombers in 1935, designing for London Transport, Shell Mex, BBC, General Post Office and many other important companies.  Eckersley was a member of the Society of Artists and Designers and a Royal Designer for Industry and the Society of Typographic Designers. As well as a designer, he was head of the Department of Design, London College of Printing, and a member of the graphic judging panel for the diplomas in Art and Design. Explore related designers including Abram Games, FHK Henrion, and Hans Schleger. See also British Modernism, British graphic design history, and 1940s graphic design history.

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Holiday Haunts, Eastern & North Eastern England, British Railways, 1961. Cover design by Tom Eckersley
Holiday Haunts, Eastern & North Eastern England, British Railways, 1961. Cover design by Tom Eckersley
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