Tag Archives: Patrick Tilley

Be discerning

By crownfolio | Published: May 4, 2010

When I first mentioned Artist Partners, I included a couple of the posters that Patrick Tilley had designed for the Sunday Times. Pleasingly, Patrick got in touch to tell me the story behind the posters . BBDO – the agency - commissioned me to design one poster using the line “You are more interesting to know when you [...]

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Trouble with Harry

By crownfolio | Published: April 29, 2010

When I posted the still from the Ipcress File with Patrick Tilley’s Drinka Pinta Milka Day poster in it, I thought it was just an amusing chance to see a poster in situ. What I didn’t know was that I’d stumbled on a coincidence of hilarious and ironic proportions.  Patrick Tilley wrote to give me [...]

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A football, a train and a pint of milk.

By crownfolio | Published: April 22, 2010

I’ve been sent a couple of nice things recently by readers. (Only via email though. No real bribery has yet been attempted but please do feel free, posters particularly welcome.) Anna pointed out that there was another Lewitt-Him children’s book out there, which she knew of as her mother had kept it from her own [...]

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AP2 Part Two

By crownfolio | Published: March 25, 2010

Today, a second helping of the AP2 Artists Partners book.  (Is it a brochure?  a catalogue?  I’m not entirely sure how to address it). I ran through a few of the obvious highlights by the big names like Hans Unger, Saul Bass and Tom Eckersley last time, but there are plenty more treasures for your [...]

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Find me an artist. From 1953 please

By crownfolio | Published: March 18, 2010

Sometimes, writing about graphics can feel like a constant harking back to a golden age of British graphic design, long since lost to the evil forces of photography, Photoshop and general bad taste.  But not everything from that time has disappeared. Like Artist Partners for example, who are not only still going but have set [...]

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