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Designers of our time VOLUME 1
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Derek Birdsall VOLUME 1 Designers of our time
DEREK BIRDSALL
Graphic Designer b.1934
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Common Worship,
Services and Prayers for the
Church of England, 2000
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Derek Birdsall VOLUME 1 Designers of our time
BIOGRAPHY
• 1934 Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire
• 1961 Designs literature for Lotus Cars and for Pirelli, including three of
the now famous Calendars; also designs packaging for Morphy Richards
(domestic appliances) and Dorothy Gray (cosmetics)
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• 1977 Designs Monty Python book for a fee comprising temporary mem-
bership of the comedy group and 1/7 of the royalties
• 1980-91 Designs several major art catalogues for Yale University Press,
including Treasure Houses of Britain at the National Gallery in Washing-
ton, DC in 1985 and Rembrandt and His Workshop at the Rijksmuseum in
Amsterdam in 1991. Also designs catalogues for George Stubbs at the
Tate Gallery (1984), Margaret Bourke-White at the RCA (1990), Henry
Moore for the British Council in New Delhi (1987) and the Duff Cooper
Library for the British Embassy in Paris in 1997.
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