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Social Communication, Public Information Graphics in Britain, British Council, 1979

By Colin Banks
A British Council touring exhibition.

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Colin Banks
  • Year 1979
  • Client/Publisher Lund Humphries for the British Council
  • Size 300mm x 210mm
Colin Banks
Colin Banks was a British graphic designer, co-founder of Banks & Miles, the London studio known for corporate identity and signage work, including projects for British Rail and the London Underground system. A significant figure in postwar British design and typography. Explore related designers including FHK Henrion and Ken Garland. See also British Modernism, British graphic design history, Rise of Corporate Identity.

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Social communication, Public information Graphics in Britain, British Council, 1979
Social communication, Public information Graphics in Britain, British Council, 1979

 

Social communication, Public information Graphics in Britain, British Council, 1979
Social communication, Public information Graphics in Britain, British Council, 1979

 

Social communication, Public information Graphics in Britain, British Council, 1979
Social communication, Public information Graphics in Britain, British Council, 1979

 

Social communication, Public information Graphics in Britain, British Council, 1979
Social communication, Public information Graphics in Britain, British Council, 1979
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