Tom Eckersley was born in Lancashire, England in 1914. He studied commercial art at Salford Art School and moved to London to become a freelance poster designer. He was amongst the foremost poster artist during the 30’s producing much work for London Transport.
He developed a style that emphasized geometric forms creating a bold, simple style well suited for posters. The artist was not only involved in graphic design but also in teaching it. He helped develop the first undergraduate courses in graphic design in Britain.
Jack Stauffacher was a self-taught master printer, typographer and book publisher. In 1936 he established Greenwood Press printing everything from business cards and tickets to fine art books and museum monographs. He taught at Carnegie Institute of Technology, San Francisco Art Institute and was hired as typographic director at Stanford University Press. He resigned from Stanford and in 1966 he reopened Greenwood Press in San Francisco. Â
Some of his work are in the permanent collections of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Stanford University Library and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Inspired by marble maze games Jones, Knowles, Ritchie (JKR) used a custom typeface “Maze Sans†to create an identity program for UNICEF branch, Marble, a science and art collective pioneering the future of ethical data.Â
Unicef refer to corporate data as a maze of information, challenging to navigate when looking for pathways to solutions. JKR took this analogy using colorful marbles to illustrate the journey of data in a simple and approachable way both statically and in motion. The font works particularly well when seen in animation using the marbles to communicate different directives. You can view the video of the marbles in motion here.
Images:Â Courtesy of Jones, Knowles, Ritchie (JKR)
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