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As part of our ongoing 2021 review, Dezeen remembers the architects and designers who passed away this year, including Virgil Abloh and Art Gensler. ....
Last modified on Tue 1 Jun 2021 13.50 EDT Unusually for a graphic designer, Ken Garland, who has died aged 92 of cancer, was not afraid to broadcast his political views. An influential practitioner, inspiring teacher, photographer, writer and performer at design conferences, he was also a lifelong socialist and an avid supporter of CND. He belonged, as the design historian Robin Kinross has noted, to “the first generation of fully fledged graphic designers in Britain”, one of a number of graduates from the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now part of the University of the Arts London) who made a substantial impact in the second half of the 20th century. ....
Looking back at the life of the British graphic designer, writer and photographer whose work impacted not only the design industry but also education. ....
The news of the British designer s death was reported on Twitter. Sad news, tweeted Adrian Shaughnessy, who is the author of a book about Garland s work, Structure and Substance. Ken Garland has died. He died peacefully surrounded by family, friends and his wife Wanda. The world of graphic design is poorer without him. Garland was best known for redesigning the CND logo Writing on Facebook, graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook described Garland as a man who was true to his principles and believed in design’s capacity for positive social change. We will miss your honesty, your friendliness, your kindness and your wise words which helped us all shape the designers we are today, Barnbrook added. ....