Starts his own business
c.1956
In 1952 Jock starts his own business. By 1956 he is renting a small office above a garage at 3, Old Barrack Yard, Knightsbridge.
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Mills & Allen Ltd. annual report
Designers’ file copy of a client project, gifted to the Library by Andrew Haig.
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“…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.
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‘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.
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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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Begins teaching at Chelsea School of Art
A part-time role through to 1958. Here he meets Margaret Calvert who is studying illustration.