%0 Figure %A Harland, Robert G. %D 2017 %T Exhibition Road (The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Street Nameplate) %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/figure/Exhibition_Road_The_Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea_Street_Nameplate_/4736524 %R 10.17028/rd.lboro.4736524.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/7732852 %K Loughborough Urban Graphic Object Archive %K City of Westminster Street Nameplate, London %K Graphics Design %K Urban Design %K Signage %K Design Research Unit %K Chris Timings %K Architectural History and Theory %K Architecture not elsewhere classified %K Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified %K Community Planning %K Design History and Theory %K Design Innovation %K Design Management and Studio and Professional Practice %K Landscape Architecture %K Regional Analysis and Development %K Transport Planning %K Urban Analysis and Development %K Urban Design %K Visual Communication Design (incl. Graphic Design) %K Art %K Design %K Language %K Language Studies not elsewhere classified %K Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified %K Geography %K Tourism Economics %X In contrast to the modern design of the City of Westminster street nameplate, which conformed with the so-called 'new typography', the equivalent replacement sign for The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, seen here on the right, resembled 'old typography'. Contrasting typefaces, centred layout, and punctuation characterized this approach.
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