Series: Design Series

John McConnell's list of collaborators includes many household names—Boots, Faber & Faber, Halfords, Clarks, John Lewis. The man behind the Biba logo (for which he won the D&AD Silver in 1969), the logo of the National Grid, and the covers of a Penguin student textbook series from the early '70s has exerted a quiet influence over British design since the...

A new title in ACC Art Books' celebrated Design series, presenting and reviving the work of illustrator Wyndham Payne (1884-1974). Wyndham Payne's career as an illustrator began in the early 1920s, gathering momentum with a series of book illustrations for renowned Charing Cross publisher Cyril Beaumont. Working in the tradition of Claud Lovat Fraser—and others—Payne nurtured a reputation for freedom...