Tutors at Royal College of Art for one day a week

After Summer 1969 Jock Kinneir ceases to be Head of Department but tutors one day a week through to Summer 1974.

‘Pan African Railways’ brief to Royal College of Arts students

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.

Jock Kinneir begins teaching Graphic Design at the RCA as Head of Department

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.

Captain Cook’s Florilegium published by the Lion and Unicorn Press

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.

Graphic design workshop at the Aarhus School of Architecture

Jock Kinneir runs a one-time workshop ‘Information in the Environment’ to students of multiple courses. Peter Gyllan describes switching from Industrial to Graphic Design after taking part.

Biography

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 …

Transportation Graphics: Where Am I Going? How Do I Get There?

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.

Information

The Library was launched on 11th February 2017, 100 years after Jock Kinneir’s birth. For a comprehensive introduction to Jock Kinneir’s life, work, and teaching, please read his biography by Robin Ki…

“…he had a quite up-to-date modernness”

Junior designer Andrew Haig joins Kinneir Calvert Associates. Here he describes Jock’s thinking, day-to-day studio life and working with the team.