2011-02-09
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![Archives and the brilliant modernism of Theyre Lee-Elliott at Quad Royal:
This very pure, almost continental modernist design is by Theyre Lee-Elliott, who I’d never come across before. But it turns out that he also designed the archetypal airmail wings, as well as the Imperial Airways Speedbird logo, a design which endured beyond Imperial’s incorporation into BOAC and well into the time of British Airways. Those two designs alone – both classics which survived well past World War Two and beyond – should have been enough to secure [him] more fame than he currently has.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgc60udx8l1qz4vjro1_500.jpg)
Archives and the brilliant modernism of Theyre Lee-Elliott at Quad Royal:
This very pure, almost continental modernist design is by Theyre Lee-Elliott, who I’d never come across before. But it turns out that he also designed the archetypal airmail wings, as well as the Imperial Airways Speedbird logo, a design which endured beyond Imperial’s incorporation into BOAC and well into the time of British Airways. Those two designs alone – both classics which survived well past World War Two and beyond – should have been enough to secure [him] more fame than he currently has.
