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Unpacking graphic design with Milton Glaser, Paula Scher, Seymour Chwast & more
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Graphic Design & Illustration
These industry elites drop some priceless gems after illustrious careers in graphic design.
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4 Oct 18
Margaret Calvert: Sign of the times
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Renowned graphic designer Margaret Calvert talks tech and working against repetition.
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17 Jun 16
Margaret Calvert on work and play over 60 years in graphic design
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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.
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15 Jun 16
What we're looking forward to at DI2016
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From stimulating speakers, surprise performances and exclusive jazzy tunes, Design Indaba Festival 2016 is set to be one for the books.
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3 Feb 16
Focus on: The fine art of street signs
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Design Thinking
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Urban & Landscape Design
Street signs hold sway in our urban psyches, thanks to these design masters – and subverters.
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6 Apr 15
Focus on: Mobility for the future
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Industrial Design
From breakthrough bicycle technology to transport in informal communities, these five designers reveal the power of transport design.
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22 Jun 14
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.
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20 Jan 14
Margaret Calvert: Know your audience
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Graphic Design & Illustration
In this interview at AGI Open 2013, British typographer Margaret Calvert talks about road signs and what the driver needs.
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1 Nov 13
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