Begins teaching at Chelsea School of Art

A part-time role through to 1958. Here he meets Margaret Calvert who is studying illustration.

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.

‘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.

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.

Studies at Chelsea School of Art

Jock Kinneir breaks a family legacy of surgeons to study engraving at Chelsea College of Arts, a red brick building off Kings Road in Chelsea.

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.

Words and Buildings

Words and Buildings: the art and practice of public lettering is published in London by The Architectural Press.

NATO conference ‘Visual Presentation of Information’

Jock presents during session 4 titled ‘Road Traffic Signs’ as part of a four-day NATO conference addressing the practical and graphic problems of road sign design.

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.

David Tuhill interviews staff of the Graphic Design department of the RCA

Autumn term of 1973 David Tuhill interviews and takes portraits of the staff of the Graphic Design department. Jock discusses the difference between practice towards the superficial or the fundamental.

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.

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 …