Early life and educationBorn in South Africa, Calvert moved to England in 1950, where she studied at St Paul's Girls' School and the Chelsea College of Art. Kinneir, her tutor there, asked her to help him design the signs for Gatwick Airport. … See more
CareerIn 1957, Kinneir was appointed head of British signs for Britain's roads. He then hired Calvert to redesign the road sign system and she came up with simple, easy-to-understand pictograms, including the signs for 'm… See more
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Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert - Design Museum
Sep 9, 2015 · 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 (1917-1994) …
Margaret Calvert | Biography, Designs and Facts
Margaret Calvert is a popular South African-born, British graphic designer and typographer. She is recognized for her collaboration with Jock Kinneir designing many road signs spread throughout United Kingdom.
Margaret Calvert, the designer who made our roads …
Aug 19, 2015 · This year, the road signs created by Calvert and the designer Jock Kinneir, her former tutor at Chelsea College of Art, turn 50. When she started …
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British Road Signs - Design Museum
By carefully coordinating lettering, colours, shapes and symbols, the pair created a system that has inspired modern road signs around the world. Pictures instead of words were used on many signs and the girl in the Children Crossing sign is …
Typographer and designer Margaret Calvert, whose …
Oct 28, 2020 · The graphic designer Margaret Calvert is not a household name, yet we all know her work without realising it. Directional road signs all over the land are designed by her (with Jock Kinneir), as well as all those memorable …
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Margaret Calvert: woman at work! How design saved …
Dec 4, 2018 · Now 80 years old, Margaret Calvert was awarded the title of OBE (Officer of the British Empire order) for her services in typography, graphic design and road safety. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of this signage, MADE …
Margaret Calvert - “I don't have the time or inclination …
Kinneir was commissioned to design a concept for a unified road signage system in the, and together with Calvert they refined the Aksidenz Grotesk typeface and named it Transport.
Margaret Calvert’s radical road signs - UX Collective
Nov 28, 2023 · intellectually rigorous yet inclusive and engaging, their system has become a role model for modern road signage all over the world. Margaret Calvert’s unique icons. One major highlight of the new signage system was …
Designing women: Margaret Calvert
In 1957, Calvert and Kinneir presented Transport sans serif font for road signs in the United Kingdom. Kinneir and Calvert’s designs changed the British landscape and became a role model for modern road signage all over the world.
The innovative woman artist who created every UK …
The innovative woman artist who created every UK road sign Designer Margaret Calvert created signs and symbols we see every day – but she has been largely forgotten.
Margaret Calvert – the mother of modern-day information design
Feb 6, 2018 · As part of the new road signage system, on the pictogram warning signs, Calvert would often base these on her own memories. The animal signs reminded Calvert of her …
Meet the woman who designed Britain’s revolutionary road signs
Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work celebrates one half of the pioneering graphic design partnership that dragged British signposting into the modern era.
Calvert And Kinneir’s Road Signs And Design Classics
Aug 19, 2015 · You might not know the name Margaret Calvert, but the British know her road signs. In 1964 Calvert and Jock Kinneir (1917-1974), her former tutor at Chelsea College of Art, …
50 years of Calvert & Kinneir’s road signs - Design Week
Jun 8, 2015 · On 1 January 1965 the British road signage system, created by Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir, came into law. In the 50 years since its launch, the road signage system has …
Designing women: Margaret Calvert
Often considered the “mother of modern-day information design”, British typographer Margaret Calvert designs are on half the public signage in Britain. She is widely recognized for this …
Margaret Calvert: The woman behind road signs and transport fonts
Oct 20, 2020 · Typographer and graphic designer Margaret Calvert is responsible for many of the iconic road signs that you see on a daily basis as well as transport fonts and the Railway …
Margaret Calvert // Made North Gallery — APG WORKS
Aug 2, 2016 · Margaret Calvert - British road signs. In 1965, one of the most ambitious and effective signage systems was launched in Britain included a set of pictograms and a new …
The South African woman who designed British road signs | Daily …
Feb 13, 2018 · Sixty years ago, Margaret Calvert revolutionised the look of the road sign; At first, critics and snobs attacked her clear letters and symbols as ‘common’
Margaret Calvert: “I would have worked for nothing” - Design Week
Jul 7, 2015 · Margaret Calvert, the co-creator of the British road and motorway signage system we know today, is easily one of the most influential graphic designers of our era.
Margaret Calvert - Wikipedia
Margaret Vivienne Calvert [1] OBE RDI (Zuid-Afrika, 12 mei 1936) [2] [3] is een Britse grafisch ontwerper en typograaf.Ze werd hoofdzakelijk bekend door haar ontwerpen voor het Britse …