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Tom Eckersley

London Transport Services, Christmas 1938, Brochure, 1938

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  • Format Brochures and Guides
  • Designer/s Eckersley-Lombers
  • Year 1938
  • Client/Publisher London Transport Services
Eckersley-Lombers
Eckersley-Lombers was a design partnership between Tom Eckersley and Eric Lombers, producing influential British design and graphic work characterised by illustration, bold colour, and simplified visual forms. Explore related designers including Tom Eckersley and Eric Lombers. See also British Modernism and 1940s graphic design history.
Eric Lombers was a graphic designer who worked in Britain and collaborated with Tom Eckersley on poster and graphic design projects. Explore related designers including Tom Eckersley and Abram Games. See also British Modernism and 1940s graphic design history.
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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London Transport Services, Christmas 1938, Brochure, 1938. Design by Eckersley-Lombers
London Transport Services, Christmas 1938, Brochure, 1938. Design by Eckersley-Lombers
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