Together designs Prime Minister stamps
Together Design is behind the design of a set of eight stamps for the Royal Mail depicting ‘key British Prime Ministers of the last 200 years.’
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The first set ever dedicated to Prime Ministers includes the likes of William Pitt the Younger, Winston Churchill, Clement Atlee and Margaret Thatcher.
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According to Together Design creative director Katja Thielen, the consultancy competed against two others in the concept stage of the project before the Stamp Advisory Committee selected Together.
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Thielen says, ‘We were given a set of names and had thought about a background showing a sense of achievement for each Prime Minister.
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‘However we didn’t want the background to be too busy and we wanted to bring out each Prime Minister so went for a cohesive green background and tried to keep retouching to a minimal.’
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The images have been positioned and cropped so as to ‘keep the eye line very level and communicate with the viewer,’ says Thielen.
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They have been selected from a range of libraries, picture libraries and estates – a process which took many months according to Thielen, who says there was a ‘huge variation in quality’.
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The stamps are available from 14 October at www.royalmail.com/primeministers and from Post Offices around the UK.
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