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Liminal Gallery is delighted to present ‘Roadworks’, an exhibition by renowned graphic designer Margaret Calvert, best known for her work with Jock Kinneir on the design of a radical new road signing system for the UK, initiated in 1965.
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‘Roadworks’ exhibits work that is both serious and playful, featuring 3 new road signs created especially for the exhibitions, alongside one-off creative projects spanning the past 40 decades from Margaret Calvert's personal collection.
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‘Roadworks’ Installation View at Liminal Gallery, March 2023
‘Roadworks’ Installation View at Liminal Gallery, March 2023
‘Roadworks’ Installation View at Liminal Gallery, March 2023
‘Roadworks’ Installation View at Liminal Gallery, March 2023
MARGARET CALVERT
ELDERLY PEOPLE TRAFFIC SIGN (BASED ON SCHOOL CHILDREN CROSSING SIGN)
2015
NON REFLECTIVE MATERIAL
60 X 68CM
NOT FOR SALE
‘Roadworks’ Installation View at Liminal Gallery, March 2023
MARGARET CALVERT
CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE M1'S COMPLETION
COLLABORATION WITH MARION DEUCHARS
2010
COLLAGED WHITE REFLECTIVE LETTERS ON A BLUE NON REFLECTIVE BACKGROUND
NOT FOR SALE
‘Roadworks’ Installation View at Liminal Gallery, March 2023
MARGARET CALVERT
CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE M1'S COMPLETION - MOCK-UP
COLLABORATION WITH MARION DEUCHARS
2010
PEN AND PENCIL ON PAPER
42 x 29.8CM
NOT FOR SALE
‘Roadworks’ Installation View at Liminal Gallery, March 2023
MARGARET CALVERT
NO 5 DOOR NUMBER
SOMETIME IN THE NINETIES
STAINLESS STEEL ON WOODEN BOARD
15 X 21CM
NOT FOR SALE
‘Roadworks’ Installation View at Liminal Gallery, March 2023
‘Roadworks’ Installation View at Liminal Gallery, March 2023
MARGARET CALVERT
FINDING A WAY
VIDEO
1.27 MINUTES
‘Roadworks’ Installation View at Liminal Gallery, March 2023
PRESS RELEASE
Liminal Gallery is delighted to present ‘Roadworks’, an exhibition by renowned graphic designer Margaret Calvert, best known for her work with Jock Kinneir on the design of a radical new road signing system for the UK, initiated in 1965.
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‘Roadworks’ exhibits work that is both serious and playful.
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She is also responsible for designing ‘Calvert’, used to sign the Tyne and Wear Metro, which opened in 1980, and more recently Rail Alphabet 2, in collaboration with Henrik Kubel, for Network Rail, which will be implemented across all Network Rail Stations and architectural publications. With a career spanning several decades, her work in the public domain is often seen to shape the Country’s visual identity. Calvert was made a Royal Designer for Industry in 2011, and awarded an OBE for services to Road Safety and Typography.
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