![]() Printed Ephemera, one of John Lewis’s best-known books, was published in 1962 and is considered pivotal in giving credence to the notion of paper ephemera as a subject for research. He taught at the Royal College of Art from 1951 through 1963 and founded the College’s Lion and Unicorn Press in 1956. Along with her husband, she worked with artists and designers, including Edward Bawden, Henry Moore and John Nash, as well as designing programmes and posters for Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears for various Aldeburgh Festivals.Īfter serving in the camouflage unit during World War II, John began working at the printing firm W.S. Griselda Lewis was a noted writer, book designer and ceramics collector, best known for her publication A Collector’s History of English Pottery. Lewis married Griselda Rideout (1917-2014) in 1940. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was the author of several books, including Printed Ephemera: the changing uses of type and letterforms in English and American printing. John Lewis (1912-1996) was a typographer and graphic designer who, with Michael Twyman and Maurice Rickards, pioneered the study of printed ephemera. ![]()
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