Publisher's Synopsis
This book was written to celebrate Christopher Ironside, a designer whose portfolio of work is part of the very fabric of our society, yet whose name is not well known outside numismatic circles. This is a reflection of his life and design achievements - an individual, a modest, classically-educated designer - and his life-long discourse with governments, institutions, monarchy, and the bureaucratic establishment, arguing for the dignity of design of the celebratory. Recognition for his quiet contribution is long overdue. The period 1940s to the beginning of the 1980s was a period of fundamental change, change at both the global, national, and individual level. This book explores the nature of change - the relationship between politics, society, and design.
