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Derek Birdsall

Designer: Derek Birdsall

Derek Birdsall was born in  Yorkshire in 1934. His clients included magazines such as Town, Twen and Nova and numerous companies and organisations including  British Iron & Steel Federation, the British Railways, Morphy Richard. Pirelli, Dorothy Gray, Penguin Books and the Mobil Oil Corporation. Birdsall was a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and the Royal Designer for Industry (1982), and won numerous awards including gold medal of the New York Art Directors Club (1987) and the Prince Philip Designers prize (2005).

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Lotus Seven Series 2, Folded Brochure, 1960. Designed by Derek Birdsall
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Lotus Seven Series 2, Folded Brochure, 1960. Designed by Derek Birdsall

  • Format: Brochure
  • Designer/s: Derek Birdsall / BDMW Associates
  • Year: 1960
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Penguin Books, 1964 Cover design Derek Birdsall
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Penguin Books, 1964

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Derek Birdsall
  • Year: 1964
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A fantastic example of 1960s British design by Derek Birdsall
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Lotus Elite Series 2 (Type 14), Folded Brochure, 1960

  • Format: Brochure
  • Designer/s: Derek Birdsall / BDMW Associates
  • Year: 1960
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Lotus Super Seven, Folded Brochure, 1961. Designed by Derek Birdsall
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Lotus Super Seven, Folded Brochure, 1961

  • Format: Brochure
  • Designer/s: Derek Birdsall / BDMW Associates
  • Year: 1961
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Ambit, Issue 96, 1984. Designed by Derek Birdsall and Alan Kitching
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Ambit, Issue 96, 1984

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Derek Birdsall and Alan Kitching
  • Year: 1984
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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 192, December 1965. Cover by Derek Birdsall and Anthony Froshaug
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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 192, December 1965

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Derek Birdsall and Anthony Froshaug
  • Year: 1965
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Pirelli, Good Shape, 1966. Designed by Derek Birdsall and Allen Andrews
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Pirelli, Good Shape, 1966

  • Format: Advertisement
  • Designer/s: Derek Birdsall and Allen Andrews
  • Year: 1966
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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 200, August 1965. Cover design by Derek Birdsall
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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 200, August 1965

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Derek Birdsall
  • Year: 1965
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