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Phillip Boydell (1896 - 1984) was a British designer and illustrator. ==Life and work== Boydell was born on 21 May 1896 in Tyldesley Lancashire, to Oliver Boydell (a master decorator) and Merinda.〔http://www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk/Detailsindex/fam6224.html〕 He obtained a scholarship at the Manchester School of Art, but his studies were interrupted by conscription in 1914. Towards the end of his service in the Royal Navy, his vessel sank in winter off Murmansk, but Boydell lived to tell the tale,〔Imperial War Museum Archive 8776/02〕 and was able to continue his education at the Royal College of Art. After qualification he started as a teacher at the Croydon School of Art and as a freelance designer for Rowntrees. Difficulties with his agent prompted him to look for a commercial job, which he quickly found at Publicity Arts Ltd. In 1923 he married sculptor Bertha White. 〔http://www.boydell.com/bft/Main/n61.htm#3193〕 In 1926 he was offered the position of Art Director at the London Press Exchange, and was on the Board of Directors when he retired in 1961. Boydell is best known for two posters and a typeface. * The Squander Bug, a poster encouraging people not to spend money wastefully but invest in savings bonds, was so successful that derivatives were used in several other countries. This he created whilst in bed with influenza〔.〕 * The Black Widow poster 〔(V&A collection )〕〔(wordpress.com )〕 for road safety (for which Boydell was art director) which aroused controversy for its (in those days) relatively direct approach. * The Festival font 〔('Festival' at paratype website )〕〔('Festival' at Linotype website )〕 was the official typeface for the 1951 Festival of Britain, and was used in all the communications for the festival. He died at home in 1984. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phillip Boydell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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