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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Published in Penguin Books 1963
Reprinted 1963 (three times), 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
Cover design by Derek Birdsall
My all time favourite art book. Published 1972, hard back - I got that edition. I decided to scan the cover after seeing this image at New Directions
Balding & Mansell were a long established printing company founded in 1892 and based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. In 1963 they published a book entitled 17 graphic designers [in] London that looks at the work of some of the important contemporary British graphic designers. They were; Dennis Baily, Derek Birdsall, George Daulby, George Mayhew, Peter Wildbur, Ian Bradbery, David Collins, Bob Gill, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Sydney King, Jock Kinneir, Margaret Calvert, Romek Marber, John Sewell, Barry Trengrove and Tom Wolsey. The book devotes four pages or so to each designer and after a brief resumé looks at some of the commercial work they have undertaken for a wide range of clients. The work includes lettering and typefaces, publicity, advertising, signs and corporate identities.
These two pages are part of the examples of work by Jock Kinneir and his associate Margaret Calvert who were operating a practice under the name Kinneir Design Associates. The pair had worked on some important lettering schemes as seen here for British road and traffic signs for the new Motorway system and this would lead to their most internationally famous commission; that for the new UK standards for road and traffic signs, including the new typeface, adopted as part of the recommendations of the Worboys Committee in 1963/65.
Here we see examples of the motorway signs that acted as precursors to the 1965 Standard along with the Ministry of Transport alphabet adopted, as well as the shortlived 'clearway' sign. The once ubiquitous MOT Test Station sign was also designed by Kinneir and Calvert and is shown here.
The pages also show a symbol for Oil India and the symbol for Ryman Ltd. Although all designs here are credited to Kinneir, Calvert does get credit in the introduction, quite rare in the more chauvinistic times the book was produced.
Balding & Mansell were a long established printing company founded in 1892 and based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. In 1963 they published a book entitled 17 graphic designers [in] London that looks at the work of some of the important contemporary British graphic designers. They were; Dennis Baily, Derek Birdsall, George Daulby, George Mayhew, Peter Wildbur, Ian Bradbery, David Collins, Bob Gill, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Sydney King, Jock Kinneir, Margaret Calvert, Romek Marber, John Sewell, Barry Trengrove and Tom Wolsey. The book devotes four pages or so to each designer and after a brief resumé looks at some of the commercial work they have undertaken for a wide range of clients. The work includes lettering and typefaces, publicity, advertising, signs and corporate identities.
Several pages are devoted to the work of Colin Forbes of Fletcher/Forbes/Gill and who was Consulatnt Art Director for Pirelli UK. He also designed the typeface/lettering used for the "number three passenger building" at London's Heathrow Airport and this appears to have followed on from Matthew Carter's lettering that was used on earlier phases of Heathrow Airport's terminal buildings development under Frederick Gibberd, Consultant Architect. That said, clarification would be gratefully recieved! Terminal 3 was opened as the Oceanic Terminal on 13 November 1961.
Understanding Weather by O.G. Sutton
First published 1960
Reprinted 1961
Cover design by Derek Birdsall
Read Better, Read Faster, Manya and Eric de Leeuw
A Pelican Original
Penguin, 1965
cover design by Derek Birdsall
The Years With Ross by James Thurber
Published in Penguin Books 1963
Cover design by Derek Birdsall
Drawings by Thurber
Balding & Mansell were a long established printing company founded in 1892 and based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. In 1963 they published a book entitled 17 graphic designers [in] London that looks at the work of some of the important contemporary British graphic designers. They were; Dennis Baily, Derek Birdsall, George Daulby, George Mayhew, Peter Wildbur, Ian Bradbery, David Collins, Bob Gill, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Sydney King, Jock Kinneir, Margaret Calvert, Romek Marber, John Sewell, Barry Trengrove and Tom Wolsey. The book devotes four pages or so to each designer and after a brief resumé looks at some of the commercial work they have undertaken for a wide range of clients. The work includes lettering and typefaces, publicity, advertising, signs and corporate identities.
These two pages are part of the examples of work by Jock Kinneir and his associate Margaret Calvert who were operating a practice under the name Kinneir Design Associates. The pair had worked on some important lettering schemes as seen here for British road and traffic signs for the new Motorway system and this would lead to their most internationally famous commission; that for the new UK standards for road and traffic signs, including the new typeface, adopted as part of the recommendations of the Worboys Committee in 1963/65.
Here we see examples of the motorway signs that acted as precursors to the 1965 Standard along with the Ministry of Transport alphabet adopted, as well as the shortlived 'clearway' sign. The once ubiquitous MOT Test Station sign was also designed by Kinneir and Calvert and is shown here. The pages also show a symbol for Oil India and the symbol for Ryman Ltd.
Although all designs here are credited to Kinneir, Calvert does get credit in the introduction, quite rare in the more chauvinistic times the book was produced.
"The Technology of Man: A Visual History" Derek Birdsall & Carlo M. Cipolla
Wildwood House Limited, 1979 (design: Derek Birdsall)
Balding & Mansell were a long established printing company founded in 1892 and based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. In 1963 they published a book entitled 17 graphic designers [in] London that looks at the work of some of the important contemporary British graphic designers. They were; Dennis Baily, Derek Birdsall, George Daulby, George Mayhew, Peter Wildbur, Ian Bradbery, David Collins, Bob Gill, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Sydney King, Jock Kinneir, Margaret Calvert, Romek Marber, John Sewell, Barry Trengrove and Tom Wolsey. The book devotes four pages or so to each designer and after a brief resumé looks at some of the commercial work they have undertaken for a wide range of clients. The work includes lettering and typefaces, publicity, advertising, signs and corporate identities.
Several pages are devoted to the work of Colin Forbes of Fletcher/Forbes/Gill and who was Consulatnt Art Director for Pirelli UK. He also designed the typeface/lettering used for the "number three passenger building" at London's Heathrow Airport and this appears to have followed on from Matthew Carter's lettering that was used on earlier phases of Heathrow Airport's terminal buildings development under Frederick Gibberd, Consultant Architect. That said, clarification would be gratefully received! Terminal 3 was opened as the Oceanic Terminal on 13 November 1961.
First published by Penguin in 1963.
Reprinted in 1964,1965,1966,1967,1969,1970.
This reprint published in 1971.
Cover design by Birdsall/Peccinotti
ISBN 0 14 00.1872 7
Read Better, Read Faster: A new approach to efficient reading by Manya and Eric De Leeuw
First published 1965
Reprinted 1966
Cover design by Derek Birdsall
Another $20 second hand bargain bought in NY. Cover's a bit ropey but the contents is excellent. It appears it was designed by Derek Birdsall I have now found out.
Balding & Mansell were a long established printing company founded in 1892 and based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. In 1963 they published a book entitled 17 graphic designers [in] London that looks at the work of some of the important contemporary British graphic designers. They were; Dennis Baily, Derek Birdsall, George Daulby, George Mayhew, Peter Wildbur, Ian Bradbery, David Collins, Bob Gill, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Sydney King, Jock Kinneir, Margaret Calvert, Romek Marber, John Sewell, Barry Trengrove and Tom Wolsey. The book devotes four pages or so to each designer and after a brief resumé looks at some of the commercial work they have undertaken for a wide range of clients. The work includes lettering and typefaces, publicity, advertising, signs and corporate identities.
Two pages are devoted to the Design Manual for the Cyprus Airways house style. This shows the symbol based on the mouflon, a Cypriot mountain goat, as well as the lettering for English, Greek and Turkish languages. The Greek display alphabet was deisgned by Matthew Carter. The pages show the style as used on signs, bagge checks and tickets as well as on airplanes.
Balding & Mansell were a long established printing company founded in 1892 and based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. In 1963 they published a book entitled 17 graphic designers [in] London that looks at the work of some of the important contemporary British graphic designers. They were; Dennis Baily, Derek Birdsall, George Daulby, George Mayhew, Peter Wildbur, Ian Bradbery, David Collins, Bob Gill, Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Sydney King, Jock Kinneir, Margaret Calvert, Romek Marber, John Sewell, Barry Trengrove and Tom Wolsey. The book devotes four pages or so to each designer and after a brief resumé looks at some of the commercial work they have undertaken for a wide range of clients. The work includes lettering and typefaces, publicity, advertising, signs and corporate identities.
Two pages are devoted to the Design Manual for the Cyprus Airways house style. This shows the symbol based on the mouflon, a Cypriot mountain goat, as well as the lettering for English, Greek and Turkish languages. The Greek display alphabet was deisgned by Matthew Carter. The pages show the style as used on signs, bagge checks and tickets as well as on airplanes.