Lunchtime Lecture (London): Abram Games, Six Decades of Design
18 July 2024
On Thursday 18th July 2024 at 12pm, Naomi Games will be exploring the work of artist Abram Games. This talk will be hosted in-person at the RAF Museum’s London site and virtually via Crowdcast.
Talk Outline
Abram Games was one of the 20th century’s most important graphic designers, with his career spanning 60 years. During the Second World War he was uniquely appointed Official War Poster Artist, designing over 100 posters for the army. Post-war, he created posters for London Transport, Guinness, the Financial Times and the British Overseas Airways Corporation. He designed the first animated ident for BBC television, covers for Penguin Books and the emblems for the 1951 Festival of Britain and the Queen’s Award to Industry. Games also created postage stamps issued in Britain, Jersey and Israel. The length of Games’s career makes his work a striking record of the social history of 20th century Britain.
Naomi Games talks about her father’s personal philosophy of ‘maximum meaning, minimum means’. She will relate personal anecdotes, show his designs and progressive sketches, and explain his unique working process.
Location
This hybrid lecture will be hosted in-person at the RAF Museum’s London site in the Lecture Theatre. Attendance in-person is free but registration is required via Digitickets.
Livestream
To attend virtually, register via Crowdcast.
About Naomi Games
Naomi Games is the daughter of Abram Games and grew up watching her father work in his studio in the family home. She became a graphic designer and is the author and illustrator of many books for children. Since the death of her father in 1996, she has organized numerous exhibitions on various aspects of his work and of his contemporaries. Naomi has written six books and made a film about her father. She lectures both in the UK and abroad and runs his considerable archive.
www.abramgames.com
