Overview
Design played a crucial role in promoting social progress and technological change across Britain between 1930 and 1960. The commercial poster reached cultural maturity during this period and became the most eloquent of the mass media. From the 1930s onwards the Post Office became a leader in the field of poster design, commissioning some of Britain's best artists and designers. This exhibition showcases some of the best of these posters.
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Exhibition requirements
Size: 26 posters between 765 x 950mm and 365 x 240mm. Venues can request all of the posters available, or a selection to suit their space. List of available posters (214KB)
Security: Regular checking
Hire fee: Free
Insurance Value: £5000
Insurance Responsibility: Venue
Transport Responsibility: Venue
Shop products: A range of products featuring GPO posters are available from the BPMA Shop,
and can be made available to venues.
From the blog
- Post Office: Publicity artwork and designs, 7 April 2010
- 'Post early for Christmas’ a publicity campaign that was ‘too successful', 23 November 2009
- Selling the Air Mail service, 7 October 2009
- Wartime postal publicity campaigns, 12 August 2009
From Flickr
Designs on Delivery - Some of the posters and photographs featured in the exhibition
From the podcast
Dr Paul Rennie - GPO Poster Design, 10 November 2009
