Scientists Prefer Shell

Key facts

Catalogue Number

446
Title

Scientists Prefer Shell
Date

1936
Artist

Eric Lombers / Tom Eckersley

Eric Lombers (1914–1978) studied at Salford School of Art and worked in partnership with fellow Lancastrian Tom Eckersley (1914–1966) before the war. He taught at Bradford College of Art and had his own design practice. Tom Eckersley established his reputation during the war as a cartographer for the Royal Air Force, and later became Head of Department at London College of Printing. Eckersley helped to establish the first undergraduate courses in graphic design in Britain and was elected Royal Designer to Industry in 1961.