The legendary Margaret Calvert, designer of Britain’s road signs, sporting an appropriate bag today /mi5SxVV2bB With a career spanning over six decades, graphic designer Margaret Calvert has helped shape the nation’s visual identity and her work with Jock Kinneir has literally defined Britain's visual language with one of the most ambitious and effective information design projects ever executed in the nation.

Network Rail will introduce Rail Alphabet 2 in a new wayfinding system and then roll it out across its managed stations. In collaboration with Network Rail, the display also celebrates the launch of the new customized typeface designed by Calvert in collaboration with Henrik Kubel, Rail Alphabet 2. The display celebrating the work of Calvert, explores the wayfinding systems for transport networks across the UK that she co-designed and her impact on modern information design, alongside insight into her creative process and ‘play’ projects. The Design Museum pays tribute to a British graphic designer pioneer, Margaret Calvert.

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