It’s a sign

Portrait of Margaret Calvert for the London Transport Museum.

Calvert is a typographer and designer whose work is so strong and so everywhere that you probably don’t know you know her... She designed the signs for Britain’s roads. You know the ‘Men at work’ sign showing the man with the spade? That’s hers. How about ‘children crossing’ showing a girl leading a younger boy by the hand? That’s hers. A true design icon.

It’s worth googling her to gasp at her achievements but why not start here:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/23/doyenne-of-design-how-margaret-calvert

Leaflet designed by odessadesign.co.uk

*********************************

Interested in commissioning or working with me? Get in touch via email at hello@tanyacornish.com

Follow me on Instagram for illustration and design

(or my practice page on https://www.instagram.com/tanya_a_cornish/)