Showing posts with label Paul Nash. Show all posts
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Friday, 17 February 2012

Fonts: Frank Pick






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The North Downs, 1916<br /><br /><br/>Advertising poster<br /><br /><br/>Design: E. McKnight Kauffer<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br /><br/><p>



The North Downs, 1916
Advertising poster
Design: E. McKnight Kauffer
© TfL/London's Transport Museum




Reigate, 1916<br /><br /><br/>Advertising poster<br /><br /><br/>Design: E. McKnight Kauffer<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br /><br/><p>



Reigate, 1916
Advertising poster
Design: E. McKnight Kauffer
© TfL/London's Transport Museum




Original drawing for the London Underground roundel symbol<br /><br /><br/>Design: Edward Johnston<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br /><br/><p>



Original drawing for the London Underground roundel symbol
Design: Edward Johnston
© TfL/London's Transport Museum




Harry Beck in 1965, holding one of his 1931 sketches of the diagrammatic London Underground map<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br /><br/><p>



Harry Beck in 1965, holding one of his 1931 sketches of the diagrammatic London Underground map
© TfL/London's Transport Museum




Thanks to the Underground, 1935<br /><br /><br/>Advertising poster<br /><br /><br/>Design: Zero (Hans Schleger)<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br /><br/><p>



Thanks to the Underground, 1935
Advertising poster
Design: Zero (Hans Schleger)
© TfL/London's Transport Museum




Come out to Live, Come in to Play, 1936<br /><br /><br/>Advertising poster<br /><br /><br/>Design: Paul Nash<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br /><br/><p>



Come out to Live, Come in to Play, 1936
Advertising poster
Design: Paul Nash
© TfL/London's Transport Museum




Your Fare from This Station, 1936<br /><br /><br/>Advertising poster<br /><br /><br/>Design: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br /><br/><p>



Your Fare from This Station, 1936
Advertising poster
Design: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
© TfL/London's Transport Museum




Go out into the Country, 1938<br /><br /><br/>Advertising poster<br /><br /><br/>Design: Graham Sutherland<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br /><br/><p>



Go out into the Country, 1938
Advertising poster
Design: Graham Sutherland
© TfL/London's Transport Museum




Original Diamond Diagonal - Chevron,  c.1938<br /><br /><br/>Design: Enid Marx<br /><br /><br/>Upholstery fabric<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br /><br/><p>



Original Diamond Diagonal - Chevron, c.1938
Design: Enid Marx
Upholstery fabric
© TfL/London's Transport Museum




Arnos Grove station booking hall after its construction in 1932<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br /><br/><p>



Arnos Grove station booking hall after its construction in 1932
© TfL/London's Transport Museum




Arnos Grove station after its construction in 1932<br /><br /><br/>© TfL/London's Transport Museum



Arnos Grove station after its construction in 1932
© TfL/London's Transport Museum






FRANK PICK


(Edited by The London Sign Writer)

Design Patron (1878-1941)
Designing Modern Britain - Design Museum
Until 26 November 2006


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As head of the London Underground in the 1910s and 1920s and of the newly merged London Transport in the 1930s, FRANK PICK (1878-1941) was instrumental in establishing the world’s most progressive public transport system and an exemplar of design management.