While using my recently acquired BBC iPlayer Beta account and watching the The Secret Life of the Motorway documentary, I discovered that the motorway and other road signage that is still in use was the work of two designers in the 1960s; Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert. The above link is to a Design Museum exhibition in 2006 of their collaboration. To quote:
"One of the most ambitious and effective information design projects ever executed in Britain is the road and motorway signage system designed by JOCK KINNEIR (1917-1974) and MARGARET CALVERT (1936-) from 1957 to 1967. Intellectually rigorous yet inclusive and engaging, their system has become a role model for modern road signage all over the world."
And why is the BBC doing its upmost to bury this excellent documentary series?
Sunday, August 26, 2007
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