
Margaret Calvert OBE RDI
South African born Margaret Calvert considers herself lucky in having spent a lifetime doing what she finds most challenging, as graphic designer, typographer and educator. Her first job, immediately after completing a four year course at Chelsea, specialising in Illustration and printmaking, in the late 1950s, after finishing secondary education at St Paul’s in London, was assisting Jock Kinneir, then teaching at Chelsea, in the design of a signing system for...
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South African born Margaret Calvert considers herself lucky in having spent a lifetime doing what she finds most challenging, as graphic designer, typographer
and educator. Her first job, immediately after completing a four year course at Chelsea, specialising in Illustration and printmaking, in the late
1950s, after finishing secondary education at St Paul’s in London, was assisting Jock Kinneir, then teaching at Chelsea, in the design of a signing
system for Gatwick Airport; a collaboration which would eventually lead to a design partnership and the establishment of Kinneir Calvert Tuhill. Best
known for her collaboration with Kinneir on one of the largest and most well recognised public design projects in Britain, much imitated in other parts
of the world, the road signing system, which came into effect on the 1st January 1965 and still remains in place today, despite minor modifications.
One of the highlights of her career has been the exhibition of her Woman at Work painting, at the request of Humphrey Ocean RA, in the 2008 Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition. Now translated into a large screen print. She has had a long association with the Royal College of Art as Head of Graphic Design
from 1986 to 91, having taught part-time from 1966... In 2011 she was elected a Royal Designer for Industry, and in 2016 awarded an Honorary Doctorate
from the Royal College of Art and an OBE for services to Typography and Road Safety, as well the Misha Black Medal for distinguished services to design
education. Most recently, she was awarded the London Design Festival’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Medal.
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Margaret Calvert
Bang Bang
£1,200.00 £1,200.00
More Details- Medium: Double-sided 8 Colour Screenprint with Varnish and Aluminium Leaf Overlays on Black Somerset 410gsm Paper
- Edges: Cut
- Year: 2019
- Edition: 25
- Notes: This edition is screenprinted on both sides of the paper, mimicking the original sign which was shot 50 times in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the British Road Sign. Featuring both the front and the back of the sign, the fully screenprinted work is the first of it's kind!
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Margaret Calvert
Woman at Work
More Details- Medium: 16 Colour Screenprint on Somerset Tub Sized 410gsm Paper
- Edges: Cut
- Year: 2018
- Edition: 25