And STILL Margaret Calvert is alive
I have just done my periodic Wikipedia check. Margaret Calvert is still alive.
Dammit.
I have treated you to my Margaret Calvert rant before. She’s the South African graphic designer who came to England in the Fifties and fucked up all the road signs.
I don’t know if she invented the ugly, glommy ‘International Symbol Man’ style, but she was an early adopter, at least. Hit the link for my least favorite ever Margaret Calvert design, the physics-busting Slippery Road sign.
I remembered to do my periodic check as this image turned up in a story I was reading. Just look at this shit! It’s the Men Working sign. Also known as “Man with Recalcitrant Umbrella.”
No, that’s not original. I’m not the only one who thinks she sucks.
March 3, 2022 — 7:41 pm
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