GPO: Design - Hardcover

Rennie, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851495967 ISBN 13: 9781851495962

Verlag: ACC Art Books - IPSUK, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

During the 1930s, the General Post Office (GPO) was at the forefront of a new form of public relations. Under the stewardship of Sir Stephen Tallents, the GPO became a major patron of art and design in Britain.

Design: GPO Posters presents the posters and graphic design of the Post Office from the 1930s to c.1970. Drawing exclusively on the archives of the British Postal Museum & Archive, this book describes the major personalities and themes of this ambitious and long-running campaign.

The posters also contribute, through the extraordinary prescience of Tallent's patronage, to the emerging concept of a networked and wired-up economy of communication. Accordingly, the posters speak of modernity, community and service. Themes that appear increasingly meaningful today.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Paul Rennie is Head of Context in Graphic Design at Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London. He is the author of Design: Festival of Britain (2007).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ACC Art Books - IPSUK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1851495967
• ISBN 13: 9781851495962
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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