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Margaret Calvert

  • Unpacking graphic design with Milton Glaser, Paula Scher, Seymour Chwast & more
    Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration
    These industry elites drop some priceless gems after illustrious careers in graphic design. >
    4 Oct 18
  • Margaret Calvert: Sign of the times
    Margaret Calvert: Sign of the times
    Video Interviews > African Design / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration
    Renowned graphic designer Margaret Calvert talks tech and working against repetition. >
    17 Jun 16
  • Margaret Calvert on work and play over 60 years in graphic design
    Margaret Calvert on work and play over 60 years in graphic design
    Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration
    South African-born graphic designer Margaret Calvert, OBE is best known for the signs she helped design for Britain's roads. You can now watch her full talk. >
    15 Jun 16
  • Do the Green Thing
    What we're looking forward to at DI2016
    Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking
    From stimulating speakers, surprise performances and exclusive jazzy tunes, Design Indaba Festival 2016 is set to be one for the books. >
    3 Feb 16
  • Boris Bally uses discarded street signs as the material for his furniture.
    Focus on: The fine art of street signs
    Focus On > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Urban & Landscape Design
    Street signs hold sway in our urban psyches, thanks to these design masters – and subverters. >
    6 Apr 15
  • Paul Priestman.
    Focus on: Mobility for the future
    Focus On > Industrial Design
    From breakthrough bicycle technology to transport in informal communities, these five designers reveal the power of transport design. >
    22 Jun 14
  • Margaret Calvert. Image: Dan Wilton
    Margaret Calvert
    Margaret Calvert is a graphic designer known for her design of road signs in the United Kingdom, as well as the typefaces Calvert and Transport. >
    20 Jan 14
  • Margaret Calvert at AGI Open 2013.
    Margaret Calvert: Know your audience
    Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration
    In this interview at AGI Open 2013, British typographer Margaret Calvert talks about road signs and what the driver needs. >
    1 Nov 13
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