Abram Games, 60 Years of Design
Abram Games was one of the most important graphic designers of the 20th century. His career spanned 60 years and during the Second World War, when he designed 100 posters, he was uniquely appointed ‘Official War Poster Artist’. Postwar, he created posters for London Transport, Guinness, the Financial Times and the British Overseas Airways Corporation. He also designed the first animated ident for BBC television, the covers of Penguin Books and the emblems for the 1951 Festival of Britain and the Queen’s Award to Industry. Games also created postage stamps issued in Britain, Jersey, and Israel. The length of Games’s career makes his work a striking record of the social history of 20th-century Britain.
Naomi will talk about her father’s personal philosophy of "maximum meaning, minimum means". She will relate personal stories, show his designs and progressive sketches, and explain his working process.
Doors at 6:00pm. Presentation begins promptly at 6:30pm.
Abram Games, 60 Years of Design
Abram Games was one of the most important graphic designers of the 20th century. His career spanned 60 years and during the Second World War, when he designed 100 posters, he was uniquely appointed ‘Official War Poster Artist’. Postwar, he created posters for London Transport, Guinness, the Financial Times and the British Overseas Airways Corporation. He also designed the first animated ident for BBC television, the covers of Penguin Books and the emblems for the 1951 Festival of Britain and the Queen’s Award to Industry. Games also created postage stamps issued in Britain, Jersey, and Israel. The length of Games’s career makes his work a striking record of the social history of 20th-century Britain.
Naomi will talk about her father’s personal philosophy of "maximum meaning, minimum means". She will relate personal stories, show his designs and progressive sketches, and explain his working process.
Doors at 6:00pm. Presentation begins promptly at 6:30pm.
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