British European Airways to British Industries Fair, 1948 - poster by Colman, Prentis & Varley, London
A bold, colourful poster designed by the agency CPV for BEA - just to complete the trio of trios - it was for the BIF! The British Industries Fair was an annual trade fair to promote British industry, by this date primarily held at the showgrounds developed at Castle Bromwich in Birmingham after 1920. The Fair was wound up in the 1950s and in 1960 the site started to be redeveloped as the Castle Vale housing scheme for the City of Birmingham. The poster, quite "Festival of Britain" in style, makes play on the arrow motif, with the rather clumsy BEA 'winged key' logo also shown.
British European Airways to British Industries Fair, 1948 - poster by Colman, Prentis & Varley, London
A bold, colourful poster designed by the agency CPV for BEA - just to complete the trio of trios - it was for the BIF! The British Industries Fair was an annual trade fair to promote British industry, by this date primarily held at the showgrounds developed at Castle Bromwich in Birmingham after 1920. The Fair was wound up in the 1950s and in 1960 the site started to be redeveloped as the Castle Vale housing scheme for the City of Birmingham. The poster, quite "Festival of Britain" in style, makes play on the arrow motif, with the rather clumsy BEA 'winged key' logo also shown.