Seventy Years of Penguin Design

It’s amazing how a bit of sunshine lifts the mood! At lunchtime I took a break from the office and wandered along Pulteney Street (always gorgeous in the sun – the honey-coloured Bath stone really glows in the sunlight), and ended up at the Holbourn Museum of Art. I decided to have a quick look around its Seventy Years of Penguin Design exhibition.

What a lovely surprise! This small but perfectly formed exhibition celebrates seven decades of Penguin book design, and has original artwork with hand-written notes (including versions of the iconic Penguin logo, which went through several redesigns), early proofs, adverts and some of the most famous book covers in publishing history, such as Lady Chatterley’s Lover and A Clockwork Orange. Oh, and a nice touch - the walls of the room are painted in sunny, Penguin book orange!

Running until 24th March, this quirky little exhibition is great if you’re interested in book design, typography and illustration.

There's a bit about Penguin's interesting history here