Words and Buildings
Words and Buildings: the art and practice of public lettering is published in London by The Architectural Press.
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Words and Buildings: the art and practice of public lettering is published in London by The Architectural Press.
Kinneir Associates becomes Kinneir Calvert Associates with Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir becoming business partners, continuing their practice from 3 Old Barrack Yard, London.
Exhibition of 37 designers organised by publisher Lund Humphries.
Designers’ file copy of a client project, gifted to the Library by Andrew Haig.
The family of five live aboard the converted craft while plans of their first home are drawn up by Jock.
In 1952 Jock starts his own business. By 1956 he is renting a small office above a garage at 3, Old Barrack Yard, Knightsbridge.
Among the founding figures of graphic design in Britain, Jock Kinneir was both typical and exceptional. Like other designers of this generation he went through art school, started out as a commercial …
A part-time role through to 1958. Here he meets Margaret Calvert who is studying illustration.
This important brief asks students to design a luggage-labelling system to be read by railway staff of multiple languages between South Africa and Egypt.
Junior designer Andrew Haig joins Kinneir Calvert Associates. Here he describes Jock’s thinking, day-to-day studio life and working with the team.
A curated list of external further reading. While these links are interesting; some include factual errors. We don’t list these mistakes – instead the Jock Kinneir Library exists to ensure there…
After being asked to develop signage for Gatwick Airport, Jock asks his graduating Chelsea student Margaret Calvert to be his assistant.
Through a conversation at a bus stop with one of the architects working on Gatwick Airport, Jock secured a project which was to define his practice.
Published by: Anna & Simon Kinneir (Amsterdam, NL; London, UK) First site: 11 February 2017, updated 21 May 2017 Second site: September 2019 Editor: Simon Kinneir, London Website design: Simon Kin…
A printing press was established at the RCA in 1953. On arriving at the RCA in 1964 Jock Kinneir joined an already two year long project Captain Cooks Florilegium through to the final publication of its two issues in 1973.
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In the Summer of 1964 Anthony Froshaug leaves the Royal College of Art and Richard Guyatt of the School of Graphic design contacts Jock Kinneir, 46. He swiftly steps from Senior Tutor to Head of Department, four days a week.
A 1967 symposium on Transportation Graphics at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, invited Jock Kinneir to present. We can now accompany the magazine Dot Zero’s publication on it with the original audio recording.