Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Artist of the Day, December 22, 2020: F.H.K. Henrion, a German graphic designer (#1178)

 Frederick Henri Kay Henrion (born Heinrich Fritz Kohn) (1914–1990), was a German graphic designer. A celebrated poster and exhibition designer, Henrion was also the founding father of modern European corporate identity.

After leaving school, Henrion went to Paris, and worked in textile design before studying with poster designer Paul Colin. In 1936 he moved to London, England where he set up his studio.

During the Second World War Henrion was interned on the Isle of Man as an alien, but subsequently worked for the Ministry of Information and the US Office of War Information, designing posters for campaigns like Dig for Victory, Aid the Wounded, and Grow More Food.

After the war Henrion became art director at Contact Books, and in 1951 he started his own design consultancy named Henrion Design Associates. As well as creating exhibitions, packaging, and book and magazine design, they worked within the then-emerging concept of corporate identity - with Henrion becoming a pioneer in the field.

His clients included: British European Airways, Blue Circle Cement, Coopers & Lybrand, Giro, KLM, London Electricity Board, The Post Office, The National Theatre, Tate & Lyle, Wates ...

Alongside his poster, packaging and advertising design work, Henrion was involved in the design of many exhibitions around the world. These included the Publicity Pavilion for the Paris International Fair, and the MARS (Modern Architectural Research Society) exhibition in London. He also worked on projects for the 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition, the 1939 New York World's Fair, and the Air France pavilion at the Tel Aviv Levant Fair, 1940

After the war, Henrion continued to develop a reputation as an exhibition designer. He designed two of the pavilions at the 1951 Festival of Britain; The Country and The Natural Scene.

Henrion lectured at the Royal College of Art from 1955 to 1965, and was head of Visual Communication at the London College of Printing from 1976 to 1979. He also worked as an art editor for various publications, and contributed to the Council for Industrial Design's Design magazine.

Henrion was a member of the Artists' International Association, the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (later the Chartered Society of Designers), and the Council of Industrial Design; in 1952 he became one of the earliest members of Alliance Graphique Internationale, in which designers from all over the world could meet and share ideas.

He was elected a Royal Designer for Industry in 1959, and was appointed MBE in 1951, OBE in 1985.

Henrion was closely involved with design institutions such as the Council of Industrial Design (later the Design Council) and ICOGRADA (International Council of Graphic Design Associations).

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Soviet voices



Olivetti campaign

BEA
Logo

LEB (London Electricity Board)
Logo

Stop Nuclear Suicide
1963

KLM Identity
1961-91

KLM Identity
1961-91

KLM Identity
1961-91

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Poster, 1956

Olivetti typewriters
(4 series poster), 1950–59

British Punch 
Poster, 1949

British Punch 
Poster, 1949

British Airways
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1947

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1946

Young America Exhibition
1945

VD - a shadow on happiness
1945

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1945

Éen doel-Éen Wil! Koninklijke Marine
1945

American Housing in War and Peace Exhibition
1945

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Militair Gezag
1944

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Aid The Wounded Soviet Red Army Day
1943

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1941

One Rabbit Has at Least 12 Young in a Year; 45 lbs. of Meat
1941

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1941

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1940

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1940

Artists Aid Russia Exhibition
1940

Poison Gas Exhibition
1939-45

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1939-45

Action Stations, Saving is Everybody's War Job
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