Artist
Tom Eckersley
Tom Eckersley is an artist. 9 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Tom Eckersley spent his life turning plain words into bold, no-nonsense posters—think of him as the guy who made train schedules look cool. His posters for the London College of Printing are full of sharp lines and bright colors that make announcements feel urgent, even when they’re just reminders to return library books. You’ll spot his style in the "urgent please return that overdue library book now" poster, where every word jumps off the page. If you’ve ever seen a vintage British travel ad and thought, *That’s clever*, there’s a good chance Eckersley had a hand in it.
Works by Tom Eckersley
- 100 years of printing education
- London Chapel of Private Press Printers Exhibition at London College of Printing
- Tom Eckersley: 5 Decades 1935-1975
- urgent please return that overdue library book now
National Business Calendar Awards 1981
Fox Talbot to Fred Ives photography lecture
Paper Making in Britain
Annual Dinner and Social Evening LCP poster
EXPOSE: LCP Design Staff Exhibition
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.