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Frederick Henri Kay (FHK) Henrion

The Architectural Review, Special Number – Plants Indoors, May 1952

Drawings by GORDON CULLEN
Layout, Cover Design and Typography by F. H. K. HENRION
Co-ordination and Research by PATIENCE GRAY

H. F. CLARK: A History of the Origin of the Taste for Indoor Plants
MARGARET JONES: Cultivation with Soil
H. F. CLARK: Cultivation without Soil
H. F. CLARK AND MARGARET JONES: Species
Uses
Bibliography
Plant Suppliers

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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.
The Architectural Review
The Architectural Review is a British architecture and design magazine founded in 1896.

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The Architectural Review, Special Number - Plants Indoors, May 1952. Designed by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
The Architectural Review, Special Number – Plants Indoors, May 1952. Designed by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion

 

The Architectural Review, Special Number - Plants Indoors, May 1952. Designed by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
The Architectural Review, Special Number – Plants Indoors, May 1952. Designed by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion

 

The Architectural Review, Special Number - Plants Indoors, May 1952. Designed by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
The Architectural Review, Special Number – Plants Indoors, May 1952. Designed by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion

 

The Architectural Review, Special Number - Plants Indoors, May 1952. Designed by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
The Architectural Review, Special Number – Plants Indoors, May 1952. Designed by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
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