Martin Lambie-Nairn
Martin Lambie-Nairn | |
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Martin Lambie-Nairn in 2008 | |
| Born | Martin John Lambie 5 August 1945 |
| Died | 25 December 2020 (aged 75) England |
| Alma mater | Canterbury College of Art |
| Occupation | Designer |
| Years active | 1965–2020 |
| Known for | Channel 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) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | http://www.ml-n.com |
Martin John Lambie-Nairn (5 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an English designer. He was the founder of his branding agency Lambie-Nairn and was the creative director of branding agency ML-N. He is recognised for having redefined television brand identity design, being the first to embrace computer technologies to apply branding to screen-based media.
Lambie-Nairn was also a co-creator of 1980s satirical puppet show Spitting Image. Amongst his most prominent works are the original Channel 4 logo and idents created in 1982, the batch of over 30 idents for BBC Two that first aired on 16 February 1991, the masked troubadour's idents and bumpers for TSI created in 1993, the 1997 corporate re-brand for the whole BBC, and the 2008 BBC Regional News titles. In conjunction with his agency, he also created launch packages for certain other BBC channels.