Born in London during World War II, he studied graphic design first at the London College of Art and Design and then at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture on a scholarship from the London County. After graduation he worked 6 months for Fortune. That was followed in 1968 by the Works Design Group established with architects Craig Hodgetts, Bob Mangurian and Lester Walker. Their first project was the Creative Playthings Store. In 1986 he started StudioWorks specializing in wayfinding, public art and exhibition design.
He designed exhibitions for the United Nations, Manhattan Children’s Museum, the Jewish Museum, Brooklyn Bridge Centennial, the Brooklyn Transit Museum and Lincoln Center. Other projects included a series of posters for the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, the Cooper Hewitt and MoMA. He also taught graphic design and graphic history.
