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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Magazines & Publishing, Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
Most people know Raygun as David Carson’s magazine, but the story didn’t end when he left in 1995. This members article looks at Chris Ashworth, the designer who took over and brought a grid, a photocopier and a hands-on approach to the pages that followed.
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Design Translated, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design
A 1919 article on Hanns Thaddäus Hoyer, originally in German, published in Das Plakat, Vol. 10, No. 4, July 1919.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design
Karel Martens is one of the most influential Dutch graphic designers, co-founder of the Werkplaats Typografie, working across books, magazines, coins, postage stamps and telephone cards
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