In 2018 Mike Dempsey, RDI, interviewed one of the titans of British graphic design and typography, Derek Birdsall RDI.

A few years before that conversation, Derek walked into his Islington studio at the back of his house, where he was about to start work on a new book commissioned by a regular client. Looking down for some time at the manuscript and the accompanying pile of photographs on his Desk, Derek suddenly decided he’d had enough of solving other people's problems, something he'd been doing for six decades. And without a party or farewell wishes, he sold his house and studio and moved to the Kent coast within sight and sound of the sea, where he has remained happily ever since. But Derek's influence on graphics and typography still spreads far and wide. And his story is a fascinating one.

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