Description
Edited by Adrian Shaugnessy from London’s Unit Editions, 2017. Thick heavy 8vo in fine clothbound orange cloth hardback contained in a black slipcase. 543 pages. Illustrated richly. Fine clean copy
1. edition
“The designer FHK Henrion has no equal in British graphic design history. No UK designer – then or now – can match his sheer depth of accomplishments and range of abilities. Born in Germany, he trained as a textile designer before becoming a skilled and celebrated poster artist. As a British citizen after WWII, he designed publications, exhibitions, household products, interiors and jewelry, and in the 1960s he became the founding father of modern corporate identity in Europe. Henrion was also a notable design educator, and an energetic spokesman for his profession. He published books, wrote articles, lectured extensively and was the force behind numerous design organizations. He was also a designer with a social conscience, and a designer who rebelled against the over commercialization of the design profession in the 1980s. This book is the first comprehensive monograph of the work of FHK Henrion. Lavishly illustrated it charts his early experiments as a pre-war poster artist and culminates in his work as the creator of some of the most celebrated logos and identities of the 20th century, including Tate+Lyle, KLM, Blue Circle Cement and LEB”
Edited by Adrian Shaugnessy from London’s Unit Editions, 2017. Thick heavy 8vo in fine clothbound orange cloth hardback contained in a black slipcase. 543 pages. Illustrated richly. Fine clean copy
1. edition