The Development of Corporate Design
Brand Identity, Graphic Design and Professionalism in Post-war Britain
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 13 November 2025
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781350384682
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 238x160x20 mm
- Weight 740 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 43 b&w, 30 color illus 700
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Short description:
David Preston uses three design agencies in post-war Britain as a prism through which to explore the development of corporate design and the transformation of designer from individual artist to business agent.
MoreLong description:
Chronicling the emergence of brand consultancy, this book explores how the development and proliferation of brand identity systems transformed the working methods and ideals of practicing graphic designers working in post-war Britain.
Practitioners in Britain were at the forefront of efforts to transform corporate identity design into a recognised practice with its own codified methods. Focussing particularly on the British experience, the book also draws on the influences and developments in this formative era in other countries, including the US and Germany. During this period designers were struggling with two conflicting paradigms - the socially motivated, free spirited artist-designer and the design entrepreneur as corporate agent.
David Preston uses three key design agencies as the springboard to explore this foundational period in the history of graphic design labour practices - the practical rationality of Hans Schleger & Associates, the systematic methods of Henrion Design Associates and the Design Research Unit and their design manual as an instrument of control. These design agencies created some of the most striking and successful brand identities of the era - the KLM logo, the British Rail double arrow, the John Lewis branding of the 1960s, Glenfiddich's iconic triangular bottle, the Post Office's house style, the National Theatre logo and many more. The case studies look at the power at play, how branding became systematic, the struggle between motives and standards, and draws on first-hand interviews with key actors and archival material.
A valuable contribution to our understanding of British post-war graphic design and the history of branding.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
PART ONE: Identity Programmes in Context
1: Introduction
2: A Macro History of Corporate Branding
3: Brand Identity in Britain
PART TWO: Identity Programmes in Practice
4: Reconfiguring Practice: The Systematic Methods of Henrion Design Associates
5: Coordinated But Not Standardised: The Practical Rationality of Hans Schleger & Associates
6: Setting Standards: Design Research Unit and the Design Manual as an Instrument of Control
PART THREE: Themes, Threads and Legacies
7: Recurrent Themes and Threads
8: The Legacy of Post-War Corporate Design Methods
Notes
Bibliography
Index
