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Banks & Miles. Designing Public Information

Banks & Miles, were founded in 1958 by Colin Banks and John Miles and became renowned for their design work with major British institutions and companies. They made significant contributions to type design and corporate identity.

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Ezio Bonini’s 1950s Advertisements for Linoleum scanned from Gebrauchsgraphik, 08, 1954
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