Supporting a stronger voice for children Sponsored Bill Goddard, the Trustees and Maggie Roger, The Laurel Trust Thursday, January 7, 2021
SPONSORED CONTENT What do we mean by the voice of the child? How do we capture it? Why do we capture it? Find out how an action research project supported and funded by the Laurel Trust worked with nursery schools in Northamptonshire to establish new practical approaches to listening to children and giving them the best start.
The Laurel Trust works in partnership with schools and early years settings.
Eight maintained nursery schools (MNS) in Northamptonshire set out together to undertake an action research project to develop our understanding of how to elicit and then act upon the voice of the child (VoC). Several of the MNS are located in areas of significant disadvantage.
January 7, 2021 5:42 pm
Whether they realise it or not, most UK television viewers of the last four decades will be familiar with the work of Martin Lambie-Nairn.
From the famous Channel 4 “blocks” logo, to paint-splattered idents for BBC Two, Lambie-Nairn’s mark on the television branding and ident landscape is unmistakable. His was a career that saw him establish two design studios, hold roles at ITN and the BBC, and later receive honorary doctorates from the University of Lincoln and University of Northampton.
Tributes have flooded in for the late designer, showing how he was easy to get along with, future-focused and generous with his time, as well as being someone who was full of ideas, which he could see through from concept to execution.
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Spitting Image creator Martin Lambie-Nairn dies aged 75
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Martin Lambie-Nairn, the graphic designer credited with creating Spitting Image and the Channel 4 logo, has died aged 75.
The designer, whose eponymous branding agency Lambie-Nairn helped produce some of British television’s most recognisable visuals, died on Christmas Day.
A statement from his branding agency ML-N said: “We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Martin Lambie-Nairn on Christmas Day.
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“In a career spanning five decades, Martin was widely acknowledged as one of the leading graphic designers and creative directors of his generation.
“From his ground breaking identity for the launch of Channel 4 in 1982 and the rebranding of BBC News to his appointment as a Royal Designer for Industry and creating the original idea and concept for the TV series Spitting Image, Martin’s accolades and achievements are too numerous to list.
In 1981, he came up with the original idea during a business lunch for the satirical puppet show Spitting Image, which ran for 18 series between 1984 and 1996 and was watched by 15 million viewers in its zenith before being rebooted for the BritBox online subscription service this year.
He received a credit from the showrunners, which said the series was “based on an original lunch with Martin Lambie-Nairn”.
The designer also helped produce some of British television’s most recognisable visuals, including Channel 4’s original “blocks” animated logo in 1982 and a series of BBC idents – the sequences between programmes that identify the channel – including the globe balloons used by BBC One between 1997 and 2001 and BBC Two idents such as one with paint splashing horizontally across a two.