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Jock Kinneir was born on 11 February, 1917 in United Kingdom, is a British typographer and graphic designer (1917–1994). Discover Jock Kinneir's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?
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11 February, 1917 |
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23 August, 1994 |
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Jock Kinneir Height, Weight & Measurements
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Jock Kinneir Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jock Kinneir worth at the age of 77 years old? Jock Kinneir’s income source is mostly from being a successful designer. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Jock Kinneir's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Richard "Jock" Kinneir (11 February 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a British typographer and graphic designer who, with his colleague Margaret Calvert, designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, and British overseas territories.
Their system has become a model for modern road signage.
Kinneir was born in Hampshire in 1917.
He studied engraving at the Chelsea School of Art from 1935 to 1939.
After World War II, Kinneir was employed as an exhibition designer by the Central Office of Information.
The partnership devised a code of carefully chosen shapes and colours that largely complied with the protocol proposed by the 1949 UN World Conference on Road and Motor Transport.
Kinneir and Calvert then later completed other design projects.
They introduced the Rail Alphabet typeface for British Rail.
They also worked for hospitals, the Army and for other airports.
He next worked for the Design Research Unit, and then opened his own practice in 1956.
Kinneir taught at the Royal College of Art, where he was head of the graphic design department.
He also taught part-time at the Chelsea School of Art.
Kinneir and his wife Joan had three children and seven grandchildren.
Kinneir's first large commission was the design of the signage for Gatwick Airport.
When Sir Colin Anderson, the chairman of the P&O Line shipping company read about the Gatwick signage, he chose Kinneir to design a baggage labelling system for P&O.
In 1957 Anderson was appointed chairman of the government committee formed to design signs for the new British motorway network.
The objective was to produce signs that could be read at speed.
Kinneir was commissioned as the designer.
Kinneir and Calvert developed a new typeface for this commission, based on Akzidenz Grotesk.
This typeface was later named Transport.
It was first used for the Preston By-pass in 1958.
The original road sign maquettes (models) produced by Kinneir and Calvert for a presentation to the Ministry of Transport are now held at the St Bride Library, a print and typographical library in London.
T. G. Usborne, the Ministry of Transport official in charge of the Anderson Committee, then formed a new committee under Sir Walter Worboys to review signage on all other British roads, in addition to motorways.
In 1964 Kinnear made Margaret Calvert a partner and renamed his practice Kinneir Calvert Associates.
