Greetings 1983 poster
British graphic designer Tom Eckersley’s legacy is being celebrated in an exhibition titled ‘Tom Eckersley: Master of the Poster’, at the London College of Communications (LCC).
Eckersley set up the UK’s first undergraduate graphic design course at the college in 1954, then known as the London College of Printing (LCP), pioneering the identity of graphic design away from commercial art.
The exhibition marks the centenary of his birth and features 40 posters from the 1940s to the 1980s that he created for organizations like London Transport and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
According to LCC dean of design Lawrence Zeegan, the exhibition is not only a tribute to a design great, but a reminder to reflect on the discipline’s past amidst the rapid technological advances of the recent years, as it is “crucial in our understanding and appreciation of communication design’s past, present and future.”
Check out some posters below, and if you’re in London consider swinging by the exhibition, which runs from 11 to 29 January 2014.
‘100 Years of Printing Education’ poster
‘Equus’ poster
‘Urgent please return that library book’ poster
ilea (Inner London Education Authority) poster
Health and safety poster
‘Please pack parcels very carefully’ cat poster
’grow up with it.....’General Post Office poster
London Transport poster
WWF (Worldwide Wildlife Fund) poster
[via It’s Nice That and London College of Communication, images via VADS]