50 Years of British Road Signs
Saturday, Sep 19, 201511:37 AM — Sunday, Oct 25, 201511:37 AMEDT
| Design Museum London, UK
London, UKRelated
The Design Museum celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Calvert and Kinneir British road signage system with a free installation of new and original signs curated by MADE NORTH Display includes newly commissioned signs designed by Peter Blake, Julian Opie, Kenneth Grange and Jock Kinneir’s son Ross; as well as a special one-off sign created by Margaret Calvert In 1965 one of the most ambitious and effective information design projects was launched in Britain. The new British Road Sign appeared for the very first time 50 years ago, when Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir standardised the road network, creating a graphic system we can still see today and producing two new typefaces: Transport and Motorway. Today, their instantly recognisable road signage system is as respected by designers as it is familiar to road users. To celebrate this anniversary, MADE NORTH has brought together leading designers and artists to create their own reinterpretations of the circle, triangle and square signs. More than forty of these new signs are on display in the Design Museum’s Tank and Riverside Hall, including work by Sir Peter Blake, Sir Terence Conran, Sir Kenneth Grange, Betty Jackson, Julian Opie and Richard Rogers. The Design Museum Tank also shows a number of Calvert and Kinneir's original signs, including a one-off version of the Road Works sign, specially created by Margaret Calvert. The project is part of the London Design Festival, more of the newly designed anniversary signs can be seen at venues across the city, and at britishroadsignproject.co.uk. An exclusive set of limited edition prints of the 1965 original designs chosen by Margaret Calvert are available in the Design Museum Shop, along with a commemorative set of button badges. A publication featuring the origins and development of the British Road Sign and the 50 signs created by contemporary designers and artists is available from November. On Monday 21 September, Margaret Calvert will visit the Design Museum to sign a large scale version of the Children Crossing sign on the museum wall. The project is curated by Patrick Murphy, Director of MADE NORTH. The designers and artists creating new signs for the Design Museum display are (in alphabetical order): A Practice for Everyday Life Andy Altmann - Why Not Associates Ian Anderson - The Designers Republic Jonathan Barnbrook Nick Bell Sir Peter Blake Neville Brody Tony Brook - Spin Anthony Burrill Ben Casey - The Chase Sir Terence Conran Ilse Crawford Sara De Bondt Mike Dempsey Gert Dumbar Alan Dye - NB Studio Daniel Eatock FUEL Malcolm Garrett Mark Bonner - GBH Kate Gibb Sir Kenneth Grange Graphic Thought Facility Betty Jackson Ben Kelly Frith Kerr Ross Kinneir Henrik Kubel Jeremy Leslie Dominic Lippa Lundgren Lindqvist Lewis Moberly Morag Myerscough Quentin Newark Amelia Noble Humphrey Ocean Vaughan Oliver Julian Opie Pearson/Lloyd Aubery Powell - Hipgnosis Richard Rogers Rob Ryan More at http://designmuseum.org.
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