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The man behind the Biba logo (for which he won the D\u0026amp;AD Silver in 1969), the logo of the National Grid, and the covers of a Penguin student textbook series from the early '70s has exerted a quiet influence over British design since the sixties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis awards alone speak to his prowess: the Prince Philip Designers' Prize (2002) and the title of RDI (Royal Designer of Industry, 1987) among them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart biography, part showcase for some of McConnell's most celebrated designs, this book gathers McConnell's exclusive redesign for Faber \u0026amp; Faber—a revolutionary new approach to book covers from the early 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Robert McCrum was the editorial director of Faber \u0026amp; Faber from 1979-1989, where he worked alongside John McConnell. He has written six novels and co-authored \u003cem\u003eThe Story of English\u003c\/em\u003e (1986). 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Working in the tradition of Claud Lovat Fraser—and others—Payne nurtured a reputation for freedom of line, illustrating books, calendars, greeting cards, and advertisements, often with toys—soldiers, model theatres, trains—as a subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAside from creating illustrations for the Beaumont Press, Payne was also commissioned by Oxford University Press and Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton, among others. For The Bodley Head, he designed covers for Agatha Christie titles, whilst his celebrated jacket for \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/i\u003e was produced for Methuen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWyndham Payne\u003c\/i\u003e presents a detailed survey of the artist's work: lino cuts, woodcuts, drawings in pen, watercolours, silhouette painting on glass, and later, when his health became too poor for commercial work, models—including automata—for his children and grandchildren. 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