Material relating to the Festival of Britain

CH/1/1

c. 1949 - 1951

Charles Hasler worked as a freelance designer producing posters for the British Transport Commission from the 1940s to the 1960s, during which time he was also a consultant for the printing company Waterlow & Sons Ltd for whom he designed their house-style. Between 1942 and 1951, Hasler was an exhibition designer for the Ministry of Information and the Central Office of Information. He worked on displays such as ‘Dig For Victory’, ‘Make Do and Mend’ and ‘Nation and the Child’. After the war, he became a senior designer and chairman of the Typographic Panel for the Festival of Britain in 1951. Hasler also designed covers, layouts and occasionally contributed articles for publications such as The Penrose Annual, Architectural Review, and The Complete Imbiber (vols 4 - 12, 1961-1971) for Vista Books, and various companies' trade literature as well as many smaller commissions for company logos. He wrote and published articles about typography and printing technique (both contemporary and historical, particularly Victorian colour printing) and in 1979 his 'The Royal Arms: its graphic and decorative development', a comprehensive work on the development of the styles and decoration of crests in Britain, was published by Jupiter Books.

Material relating to the Festival of Britain, for which Charles Hasler acted as chairman of the Typography Panel which oversaw the visual identity of the exhibition. Specimen of display letters, one complete copy and proof sheets. Flag Design Use leaflet; Photographs of Festival lettering; views of exhibition stands, booklets, programmes and material accompanying other Festival of Britain-related events. Charles Hasler was chairman of the Typography Panel of the Festival of Britain. This Panel oversaw the visual identity of the exhibition. It drew up specimens of display letters, and developed guidelines on how the logo should be used on Festival-related publications and publicity.

1 box (32cm x 34cm x 6cm) of:24 cards 280mm x 215mm; 2 cards 545mm x 215mm;1 booklet 31 pages 280mm x 215; 2 leaflets each with 3 pages; 8 photographs; 1 booklet

ephemera

sub-series

PHOTOGRAPHS Photographs of exhibitions: mostly not taken by CH himself (for instance taken by Charles Frazer); many are stamped with details of copyright holder on the reverse. Copyright in unofficial photos, such as the group photograph, would need to be cleared with individual named photographer. Artistic works which appear in photographs, such as images, sculptures, are Crown copyright as they form part of the exhibition and therefore out of copyright. The text in the panels shown in the photographs, is Crown copyright and would have come out of copyright 50 years after date of creation as the accompanying booklet would have meant that the text was published€. Other photographs are official photographs (Crown copyright) and likely themselves to be out of copyright. LAYOUTS These include the layout of the exhibition panels, for which Hasler was involved. They will fall within the category of typographic copyright, which lasts for 25 years from creation, and therefore likely to be out of copyright. TYPEFACES The font used for the exhibition also involved Hasler, however he is likely to have been involved in all his work for this exhibition as a Crown employee, therefore the works would be Crown copyright. In this case, the fonts would be classed as Crown copyright artistic works, for which the rights last for 50 years and therefore likely to be out of copyright. BOOKLET Written in 1949 and text protected as Crown copyright for which the rights last for 50 years and therefore likely to be out of copyright, although there may still be some components whereby copyright may last for longer (see above).Ownership of Rights: For unofficial photographs, rights are likely to be owned by the individual photographer or their estate. Official photographs of non text based works and typefaces: out of copyright Official photographs of text based works and booklet: Crown Copyright, out of copyright.

Zoe Hendon (ed.), 'The Hasler Gallery', London, 2015.