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Name: Sir Misha Black
Dates: 1910-77
Life: Born Russia, worked mainly UK and Europe
Notable achievement: Leading industrial designer
  • Started designing posters at age 17, without formal training. Went on to become a partner in the Industrial Design Partnership, the first multi-skill design group
  • Co-founded the Design Research Unit, working on the Festival of Britain (1951)
  • Appointed Professor of Industrial Design, Royal College of Art (1959)
  • Consultant designer to London Transport (1963-75)

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Related objects on display:

Photograph

photograph; Platform tile motif at Stockwell Underground station, Victoria line, 22 Jun 1971

Photograph

photograph; Platform tile motif at Pimlico Underground station, Victoria line, by contemporary artist Peter Sedgely, 1971

Photograph

photograph; Pimlico Underground station booking hall, Victoria line, view from the top of the escalators, Sep - Dec 1972

Photograph

photograph; Platform tile motif designed by Hans Unger at Blackhorse Road Underground station, Victoria line, 15 Jan 1969

Photograph

photograph; Interior of a 1967 Victoria line tube stock, with seated male passenger, circa 1968

Photographic reproduction

photograph; Photograph of colour illustration of Victoria line train (1967 Stock) pulling into platform at Victoria Underground station,

Artwork

Artwork; Pimlico, by Hans Unger, 1972

Station frieze sign

Station name frieze plate from the platforms at Brixton station

Architectural model

Model showing sectioned Victoria Line running tunnels, 1969

Commemorative headboard

Commemorative headboard from the first train at the official opening of the Victoria line, 7 March 1969

Signal

Prototype three aspect aluminium faced signal unit as fitted to headwalls of stations on Victoria line, c1967

Tile

Prototype tiled motif for Euston Station, Victoria Line, tiles designed by Tom Eckersley, 1969

Poster

Poster; Cut travelling time, by Tom Eckersley, 1969

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