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Martin Lambie-Nairn

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Martin Lambie-Nairn
Martin Lambie-Nairn in 2008
Born
Martin John Lambie

(1945-08-05)5 August 1945
Croydon, London, England
Died25 December 2020(2020-12-25) (aged 75)
England
EducationCanterbury College of Art
OccupationDesigner
Years active1965–2020
Known forChannel 4 "Blocks" logo
BBC1 "Virtual Globe"
BBC Two 'The 2s' idents
The Personality 2s
Rhythm & Movement
BBC One 'Balloon' idents
Spitting Image
TSI "Masked troubadour" idents and bumpers
Spouse
Cordelia Summers
(m. 1970)
Websitehttp://www.ml-n.com

Martin John Lambie-Nairn (5 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an English designer and animator. He was the founder of Lambie-Nairn. He was known for creating the original Channel 4 logo. He was born in Croydon.[1]

Lambie-Nairn died on 25 December 2020, aged 75.[2]

Lambie-Nairn also animating the title sequence for British comedy TV series Mind Your Language.

Lambie-Nairn also designed the idents and the commercial bumpers of the masked troubadour for the Swiss-Italian TV channel TSI.[3]

Lambie-Nairn held an Honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Lincoln,[4] and was a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. He also held an Honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Northampton.[5]

Bibliography

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  • Brand Identity for Television With Knobs On, Phaidon Press, 1997 ISBN 978-0-7148-3447-4

References

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  1. "CRAFT: The man who made TV sponsorship idents sexy – PROFILE/Martin Lambie-Nairn has changed far more than TV logos, Belinda Archer says". Campaign. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. "Martin Lambie-Nairn: Designer behind famous BBC and Channel 4 'idents' dies". BBC News. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. Lambie-Nairn, Martin (1997). Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On. Phaidon. pp. 194–205. ISBN 9780714834474.
  4. "UNIVERSITY HONOUR FOR 'SPITTING IMAGE' CREATOR". lincoln.ac.uk.
  5. "Honorands 2010". University of Northampton. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

Other websites

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