Welsh language signage ‘risk to lives’
The Telegraph newspaper has said that Welsh language signage could constitute a “risk to lives”. The dire warning of the fatal effects of having bilingual signs came…
Tag: roads
Glasgow is the first city in the UK to introduce a major road sign shake-up for drivers
The new LED warning signs illuminate a cycle symbol and have been developed to reduce “incidents of conflict” around route hotspots such as cross-side junctions or building…
Margaret Calvert – a retrospective and a new railway design
The work of the iconic designers of post-war Britain is the topic of a new exhibition, not just looking back at her work, but forward…
SORT MY SIGN: transport watchdog calls for better road user information
Road users are being urged to report poor road signs on motorways and A-roads in a bid to force Highways England to improve signage across…
Margaret Calvert is a British typographer and graphic designer who, with colleague Jock Kinneir, designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom today.
Graphic Designer Margaret Calvert was chosen to receive the prestigious D&AD President’s Award by D&AD President Mark Bonner. This short film looks at her life…
