Title & Author:

Visual Communication / [presented by] F.H.K. Henrion.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1987.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (28 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
F.H.K. Henrion. Posters -- For Red Army Day -- For War Office, For Liberation Of Europe -- For Philips Philishave -- For Gleem Toothpaste -- For Olivetti -- For C.N.D. (Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament) -- For Naples Foundation. Exhibitions -- Artists International Association -- Festival Of Britain, Country Pavilion -- British Pavilion Symbol, Expo 67, Montreal -- Cover For Harper's Bazaar. Advertisements -- Harella -- Ford Tractors -- ABC TV -- Layouts For Future Magazine -- Symbols For KLM & BEA -- Logo For Tate & Lyle -- Symbol For BPO Giro -- Modular Shop Fascia For LEB -- Symbol For British Leyland -- Logo For National Theatre -- Symbol For UNESCO Child Care Programme.

Summary:

The late German-born Frederick Henri Kay Henrion, doyen of the British graphic designers, trained in Paris but was brought to England by the Crown Agent for the Colonies in the late 1930s to design propaganda posters. Thereafter he remained in London, rising to the top of his profession. He has been President of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and of ICOGRADA (the International Council of Graphic Design Associations); Vice President of the Royal Society of Arts and Master of the prestigious Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry. He has received many awards, he has lectured widely in Europe and America, he has written books on design; and, in addition to the graphic design for which he is best known, he has designed exhibitions, sculpture, jewellery and product design. In this recording he describes his major work. He finds visual design a most fulfilling occupation, especially as it can do so much in explaining complex ideas in a simple way; and, he says, with the advance of electronic communication, the challenge of visual control, creativity, unity and continuity is enormous.

Subject:

Graphic arts 20th century.
Arts graphiques 20e siècle.
Graphic arts.

Added entries:

Henrion, F. H. K., narrator.