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Tom Eckersley - British Graphic Designer

Typos 1961 – 1962 – The Journal of The London School of Printing & Graphic Arts – No.2

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Edited by G. R Garland. Art editor: Tom Eckersley.

Content includes:
Printing Education – A plan for London? by L T Owens
Web-fed Printing by G. Kingsman
The development of communications in modern times by Raymond Williams
Design and Photography as media of Communication by Tom Eckersley
A challenge to the printer by R R Coupe
Ornament and education by Adolf Loos
The problem of leisure by Paul Burall
Words: partners in design by Ernst Hoch
Thoughts on design by Ian McLaren

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Tom Eckersley
  • Year: 1961
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.

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Typos 1961 - 1962 - The Journal of The London School of Printing & Graphic Arts - No.2
Typos 1961 – 1962 – The Journal of The London School of Printing & Graphic Arts – No.2
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.
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