Jock Kinneir was a British graphic designer best known for his long partnership with Margaret Calvert, with whom he designed the UK’s motorway and road sign system and the accompanying Transport typeface, along with early corporate identity work for British Rail and signage for Gatwick Airport.
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Beyond his books, Dick Bruna's vivid colour and simplified forms found their way onto posters, packaging, murals and stamps, many of which feature in my growing collection.
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An article on Valentin Zietara , originally in German, published in Gebrauchsgraphik, 10, 1930, written by H K Frenzel translated by E. T. Scheffauer
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A 1903-1904 article on Die Steglitzer Werkstatt, originally in German, published in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XIII, October 1903–March 1904.
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