Saving a 50-year-old road sign
When a tired old road sign disappeared from the spot where it had sat for almost 50 years on the M6, it sparked a social…
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Royal British Legion Industries commissioned to make road signs for HS2
HS2’s construction partner EKFB (a team made up of Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall), and representatives from their Derbyshire-based Traffic Management subcontractor, HW…
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…
Bike-activated traffic Signs half the conflict between cyclists and vehicles.
Conflicts between motor vehicles and bikes have halved at a junction in Glasgow according to initial results from the trial of bike-activated traffic warning signs…
New York art exhibition features classic British road signs
Several iconic British road signs are being featured as part of an exhibition taking place at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York…
New Carmarthenshire road signs to educate drivers on how to pass horses safely
New signs to educate drivers on how to pass horses safely on the road have been installed at 10 hotspot locations across Carmarthenshire. Carmarthenshire County…
Prints by Margaret Calvert celebrate the iconic status of British Road Signs
British artist Patrick Murphy, the person behind the much-celebrated British Road Sign Project, has today launched a very special set of screenprints, produced in collaboration with…
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…
