Paul Rennie is subject leader in context of Graphic Design Communication at Central Saint Martins. He is the author of Modern British Posters and runs Rennies Seaside Modern in Folkestone, Kent, a shop that specialises in British 20th-century art and design.

Paul Rennie is subject leader in context of Graphic Design Communication at Central Saint Martins. He is the author of Modern British Posters and runs Rennies Seaside Modern in Folkestone, Kent, a shop that specialises in British 20th-century art and design.

Introduction
CHAPTER 1 North-westernism
The Modern Machine-ensemble and Manchester, the Great City of Progress
Dissent, Design and Progress
The Modern Machine-ensemble
The Making of Manchester (a grand city of progress)
North-western Dissenting Radicalism
CHAPTER 2 Early Years
Illness and Reading, and Drawing
Salford School of Art
Paul Nash (1889–1946)
Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954)
Adolphe Mouron (Cassandre) (1901–68)
CHAPTER 3 London and the 1930s
A Network of Patronage
Patrons of the Poster
Other Work
CHAPTER 4 1940s
Crisis and Compatriots
The RAF
Safety and Industrial Production
Post-war RoSPA
The Wartime GPO
The Post-war Environment
Gillette
Book Illustrating
Ealing Films
CHAPTER 5 1950s
International Colleagues and Outlook
Alliance Graphique Internationale
Poster Design, 1954
The Design Research Unit and Mass Observation
Artist Partners
London College of Printing (LCP), Back Hill
CHAPTER 6 1960s
Modern Design and Modern Life
Teaching in the 1960s
Design Work in the 1960s
1960s Poster Design
CHAPTER 7 1970s and Beyond
Retirement and Reputation
Work for London Transport, 1970s and Beyond
Valedictories
Design Legacies
Appendix
Visual Communication, Economy, Social Progress and Intelligence
Colour Lithography
The Lithographic Poster in Modern Life
Photo-mechanical and Offset Reproduction
The Offset Poster and Modern Life
Post-war Printing
The Ideas Poster
Power: Position, Scale and Point of View
Flat Colour
Sparkle and Pattern
Economy
How Posters Survive
Poster Sizes
Bibliographya
Thanks
Index
Picture credits