BBC Archive | 1986: Making the MUNDANE into the ICONIC | Designers | World of Work | BBC Archive @BBCArchive | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
The series Designers took a look at the functional design that surrounds our everyday lives. In this episode design critic Barty Phillips talks to Gatwick airport manager Jane Priestman about the way design helps the airport operate, and how even the simplest object such as a bin can have multiple functions.

Also interviewed is Jock Kinneir who talks about the process of designing the signage for Gatwick. This was his first major commission and led to a career defining system of typography which has been used around the world ever since.

Clip taken from Designers: Gatwick, originally broadcast on BBC Two, Wednesday 13 August, 1986.




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