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I saw an exhibition that included her road sign work at the Design Museum some years ago. It was fabulous. I had no real sense of quite how big those blue motorway and green A-Road signs were…obvious really when you think of it. The typeface was 😘 top notch. Happy birthday Margaret!

Sadly, we are losing the simplify of Kinnear and Calvert's design with local authorities adding superfluous lettering because drivers no longer understand sign meanings. Officer's assume this sign needs verbal explanation b/c drivers are no longer taught to understand it.

Brilliant cake, such an iconic design(er).

Do not envy whoever was in charge of party decorations.

old school modernist, and not an oxymoron. great innit

Correction, the cake is telling her she is 06

A good example of designers knowing what works best and to not have the bosses decide.

The design elements, yes. I don’t think she put it together and erected it.

Thanks for making me look her up. What a career and legacy!

Indeed. The best designs are the ones that seem inevitable and become almost part of the landscape.

Spot on...That is a very high-pressure decorating session!

For those interested in her work: bsky.app/profile/did:...

I highly recommend her new book ‘Woman at work’, published by @thamesandhudson.bsky.social: www.thamesandhudson.com/products/mar...

Worrying thing is that sign means you aren't allowed to go over 90...

Being 90; feeling 06. Neat trick.

Ace!

Stone cold design classics