Graphic designer Ken Garland dies aged 92

 Ken Garland, the graphic designer best known for redesigning CND's peace symbol, has passed away at the age of 92.

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."

CND logo
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.

Garland, who was born in Southampton, England in 1929, graduated from London's School of Central Arts and Crafts in 1954.

From 1956 until 1962 he was the art editor of Design Magazine, which was published by the Council of Industrial Britain, the precursor of today's Design Council.

The graphic designer set up his own company, Ken Garland & Associates, in 1962. Among its work were designs for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), including a redesign of the peace symbol that would come to symbolise the movement.

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The Galt Post Office designed by Ken Garland + Associates 1967 and produced by James Galt

Garland was also a writer whose work could be read in Blueprint, Eye and Designers Journal, among others. Among his most well-known writing is the First Things First manifesto, which he wrote in 1963. The manifesto called for a return to a more humanist aspect of design and was republished in 2020.

As well as articles Garland wrote five books on design and launched a publishing house, Pudkin Books, together with his wife, Wanda.

He also taught at the Royal College of Art, Central School of Art and Design and a number of other institutions.

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