Always a Gentleman

London would be a slightly duller place without the work of David Gentleman [wikipedia]. For a start we wouldn’t have his signature woodblock style adorning the walls of Charing Cross Underground Station (some of which you can see above), creating one of the most elegant and interesting interiors of any of London Underground’s vast network of stations. His cover illustrations for the Penguin New Shakespeare [flickr] series of paperbacks followed similar lines, although with added colour overlays. His obsession with all things miniature led him to work on a number of postage stamp design [postalheritage.org.uk] as well as publishing a book, in 1972, entitled ‘Design in Miniature’. If you look around old London town, there is evidence of his work, and the work that he took inspiration from all over the place.