F. H. K. Henrion: TOP GRAPHIC DESIGN [Examples of Visual Communication by Leading Designers]. Zürich: ABC Verlag, 1983. First edition. Text in English, German and French. Square quarto. White cloth stamped in black. 160 pp. Profiles of 25 graphic designers from 10 countries with 400 illustrations, 200 in color. Top corners pushed and a faint dampstain to spine heel. Former owners initials to front free endpapers, otherwise interior unmarked and very clean. A nearly fine copy.
10.25 x 10 hardcover book with 160 pages and 25 graphic designers from 10 countries and 400 illustrations, 200 in color. Masterfully curated selection of visual communication circa 1983 by F. H. K. Henrion with first rate Swiss design and printing production from Hans Rudolf Ziegler and ABC Verlag respectively.
Eight-page chapters deach showcasing the work of:
“As a British citizen after WWII, [Henrion] designed publications, exhibitions, household products, interiors and jewellery, and in the 1960s he became the founding father of modern corporate identity in Europe.” — Unit Editions
From the University of Plymouth press release on a Henrion exhibit: Frederic Henri Kay Henrion OBE (German / Englsih 1914 – 1990) was born in Nuremberg, Germany. Henrion studied at the École Paul Colin, Paris before emigrating to England in 1936, and adopted British nationality in 1946. Although possibly best remembered for his wartime posters, he was also responsible for introducing the concept of corporate identity to both Britain and indeed Europe. Beyond these areas, he worked as a highly influential exhibition designer and product designer, as well as in magazine and book design, jewelry design and painting.
During the course of over five decades of professional design work, his clients read like a Who’s Who of business: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, BEA, Penguin Books, Shell, London Transport, Coopers & Lybrand, InterRent, Penta Hotels, Courage, Allied Breweries, Tate & Lyle, Audi, Cunard Shipping, Oxfam, Punch, USOWI, the Ministry of Information, the Central Office of Information, C&A, etc.
His firm Henrion Design Associates (1951), which became HDA International in 1972, did corporate identity projects for numerous leading international companies. He was the author/designer of AGI Annals (1990), and taught at the Royal College of Art and the London College of Printing. He was a president and frequently a board member of AGI, SIAD and Icograda. Henrion organized the annual Icograda Student Seminars in London (1974–90), an eagerly awaited event on the UK college calendar.
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