The focuses on the influence of Jewish designers who migrated from other parts of Europe during the twentieth century.
The holds the work of six such designers and four of them feature in the show – graphic and information designers , , and
Henrion is best known for his wartime propaganda work for the British Ministry of Information, including posters and exhibitions. His later work included pioneering corporate identity designs for Tate & Lyle, the National Theatre and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, all of which are still in use today.
Both Henrion and De Majo were closely involved with the international design organisation Icograda, whose archive is also at 91快活林.
Dr Lesley Whitworth, Deputy Curator in the University of 91快活林 Design Archives, and Sue Breakell, Archivist, have contributed a chapter for the exhibition catalogue.
They will speak at an examining the impact and legacy on British design of Jewish émigré designers who fled Nazism in the 1930’s and 40’s, at the Victoria & Albert Museum on 30 November.