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Martin Lambie-Nairn
Martin Lambie-Nairn
	Martin Lambie-Nairn in 2008
Born	Martin John Lambie; 5 August 1945; Croydon, Surrey, England
Died	25 December 2020 (aged 75); England
Alma mater	Canterbury College of Art
Occupation	Designer
Years active	1965–2020
Known for	Channel 4 "Blocks" logo; BBC1 "Virtual Globe"; BBC Two 'The 2s' idents; The Personality 2s; Rhythm & Movement; BBC One 'Balloon' idents; Spitting Image
Spouse	Cordelia Summers (m. 1970)
Children	3
Website	http://www.ml-n.com

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Martin John Lambie-Nairn (5 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an English designer. He was the founder of his branding agency Lambie-Nairn and was the creative director of branding agency ML-N. He is recognised for having redefined television brand identity design, being the first to embrace computer technologies to apply branding to screen-based media.

Lambie-Nairn was also a co-creator of 1980s satirical puppet show Spitting Image.^[1] Amongst his most prominent works are the original Channel 4 logo and idents created in 1982, the batch of over 30 idents for BBC Two that first aired on 16 February 1991, the 1997 corporate re-brand for the whole BBC, and the 2008 BBC Regional News titles. In conjunction with his agency, he also created launch packages for certain other BBC channels.

Early life and education

Lambie-Nairn was born Martin John Lambie in Croydon and educated at Canterbury College of Art (later known as Kent Institute of Art & Design, now the University for the Creative Arts).^[2]

Career

Early work

Lambie-Nairn's career in television began at the BBC in 1965, where he worked as an assistant designer.^[2] Roles as a graphic designer at Rediffusion, ITN and London Weekend Television followed. At ITN, he worked on the on-screen graphics for the Apollo space missions and later designed the ITN corporate logo and title sequence for News at Ten.^[3] Lambie-Nairn established his own company, Robinson Lambie-Nairn, with partner Colin Robinson in 1976 after leaving LWT,^[2] and he went on to develop new graphic presentation techniques for Weekend World.^[4] The business expanded and was renamed Lambie-Nairn & Company in 1990.^[2]

Computer animation enabled him to produce what became regarded as a revolutionary identity^[5] for Channel 4, the "Blocks" logo.^[5] This identity launched the fledgling TV channel on 2 November 1982 and remained at the heart of the channel's on-air presentation for 14 years. In 1981 he created the original idea for the UK TV series Spitting Image which ran for 11 years. He received the credit that the show was "based on an original lunch with Martin Lambie-Nairn."^[6]^[7]

Following Channel 4 and Spitting Image, he worked as a director of computer-animated commercials, producing the first ever 30-second computer-generated TV advertisement in the UK, which was a commercial for Smarties.^[8]

Corporate identities

In 1990, Lambie-Nairn became consultant creative director of the BBC brand, a position he held for 12 years. During this period^[9] Lambie-Nairn and his company rebranded the BBC and all of its outputs, across all media. The best known channel identity was for BBC Two,^[10] commissioned by then-controller Alan Yentob in a bid to make the channel appear less stuffy.^[11] All of the idents in the first series employed traditional live action. Later, with the change of target audience, a new generation of idents was commissioned and produced using CGI.^[11] The idents were highly popular, even receiving fan mail.^[11] For BBC1, Lambie-Nairn and Daniel Barber redesigned the globe identity, a well-recognized icon of the BBC, having been introduced in 1963.^[12]

Later, Lambie-Nairn again redesigned the identity for BBC One – creating the red hot air balloon that was used for a new series of idents aired on BBC One from 4 October 1997. This aimed to capture the idea that the channel brought the whole world to every corner of the United Kingdom. This was part of a wider corporate rebranding which included a redesign of the BBC blocks logo and also a new package for BBC News which utilized a warmer color palette for the first time.^[13] As the BBC's primary external agency, Lambie-Nairn also oversaw the design of channel identities for emerging digital properties BBC News 24 (now called BBC News),^[14] BBC World, BBC Choice,^[15] BBC Knowledge, CBeebies,^[14] CBBC, BBC Four^[16] and BBC Three.^[15]

In 1997, he wrote Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On.^[17] He used the book to reveal how he and his colleagues achieved key identities.

Lambie-Nairn also co-conceived the Rhythm & Movement idents for BBC One first shown on 29 March 2002. In 2001, he created BBC Two's 2001–2007 Personality 2s series of idents, which featured robotic figure 2s, each displaying individual personalities, which went on the air on 19 November.^[18]

Throughout collaboration with the BBC, Lambie-Nairn and company also developed the logos and corporate identities for the London Weekday and Central ITV franchises owned by Carlton Communications. He also branded Anglia Television,^[19] S4C,^[20] TF1,^[21] TSI,^[22] Arte,^[23] NOS,^[24] Disney Channel UK,^[25] The Business Channel,^[26] Alhurra,^[26] British Satellite Broadcasting,^[23] and many others. In 2002, Lambie-Nairn's agency was also credited for helping rebrand BT Cellnet into the O2 brand based around the metaphor of oxygen.^[26]^[27]

In 2008, he directed the creation of a new unified red-and-white branding for BBC News.^[28]^[29] The red and white template had videos of local landmarks, transport and people together.^[30] Components of the 2008 identity continue to be in use.^[31]

Later years

In 2009 Lambie-Nairn left the practice he founded to join Heavenly as creative director, leaving in 2011.^[32] At Heavenly, he devised the launch identity for Sky Atlantic^[33] and also for BBC Entertainment.^[34] He subsequently had his own consultancy, ML-N, based in London.^[32] In 2011, he worked as a creative consultant in creating a new identity for the Royal Opera House.^[35]

Through ML-N, he was appointed consultant creative director for the research company, TNS.^[32] In 2016, he had joined Red&White as a non-executive chairman and creative director,^[36] where he worked to create a new logo and brand identity for his alma mater, the University of Northampton.^[37] In 2020, Lambie-Nairn was interviewed for the BBC Four programme The Sound of TV, which debuted a few weeks before his death.^[38]

Personal life and death

Lambie-Nairn died on 25 December 2020 at the age of 75. His death was mentioned during a junction on Channel 4 alongside an original channel ident which Lambie-Nairn oversaw the development of in the 1980s.^[39]

He was survived by his wife Cordelia (née Summers) whom he married in 1970.^[40]

Awards

Lambie-Nairn was an RDI (Royal Designer for Industry),^[41] Fellow of the Royal Television Society,^[42] and an ex-president of D&AD. He received the D&AD President's Award, Prince Philip Design Prize, Promax Lifetime Achievement Award^[43] and Promax Hall of Fame (USA). He also received a Gold D&AD for his work for Channel 4, multiple Silver D&ADs, a BAFTA^[44] for his work for BBC2 and multiple Promax Awards.

Lambie-Nairn held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the University of Lincoln,^[6] and was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. He also held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the University of Northampton.^[45]

Bibliography

Brand Identity for Television With Knobs On, Phaidon Press, 1997 ISBN 978-0-7148-3447-4

References

^ "Martin Lambie-Nairn, Spitting Image co-creator, dies at 75". the Guardian. 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "CRAFT: The man who made TV sponsorship idents sexy – PROFILE/Martin Lambie-Nairn has changed far more than TV logos, Belinda Archer says". Campaign. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Pioneers". paulrobertlloyd.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Early Graphic Design in Television". Paul Rovert Lloyd. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "TVARK – Channel 4 – 1982". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b "UNIVERSITY HONOUR FOR 'SPITTING IMAGE' CREATOR". lincoln.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "qsulis.demon.co.uk". qsulis.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ "Martin Lambie-Nairn, Smarties Commercial 1987". 24 June 2009. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2017 – via Flickr.
^ "BBC – The BBC Story – The BBC logo story". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^ "BBC – Press Office – BBC ONE idents history". BBC. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Devising the 2". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Global Ambition – History of the BBC". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ Guardian Staff (10 May 1999). "Goodbye to the trendy vicar". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Martin Lambie-Nairn". Ravensbourne University. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b Walker, Hayden. "BBC Choice". TVARK: The Online Television Museum. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "BBC Four Idents". TVARK. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011. Contains videos of the idents.
^ Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On: Amazon.co.uk: Martin Lambie-Nairn, Jeremy Myerson: Books. ASIN 978.
^ "TVARK". TVARK. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
^ Obituaries, Telegraph (3 January 2021). "Martin Lambie-Nairn, Channel 4 logo designer who inspired Spitting Image – obituary". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ Administrator, System (16 June 1995). "S4C unveils Tutssels logo". Design Week. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "Martin Lambie-Nairn obituary". the Guardian. 31 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ Lambie-Nairn, Martin (1997). Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On. Phaidon. pp. 194–205. ISBN 9780714834474.
^ ^a ^b "On-screen graphic design: The early years of television". OpenLearn. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ Administrator, System (15 December 2005). "Lambie-Nairn idents increase NOS exposure". Design Week. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ deeman3000 (20 November 2011), Lambie Nairn Branding Film 1996, archived from the original on 15 December 2021, retrieved 6 October 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Martin Lambie Nairn Talk". Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2017 – via Vimeo.
^ "Don't blame me for Consignia". the Guardian. 12 May 2002. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ Horrocks, Peter (April 2008). "The Editors: Comments on changes". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "BBC sanguine on claim that TV new rebrand causes fits". Design Week. May 2008. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ Horrocks, Peter. "New News". BBC. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020.
^ Bennett, Steve. "Martin Lambie-Nairn, the man who dreamt up Spitting Image, dies at 75 : News 2020 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Martin Lambie-Nairn steps down from Heavenly to revive ML-N". Design Week. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "Branding Agency News - Heavenly makes waves with Sky Atlantic launch". Branding Agency News - Heavenly makes waves with Sky Atlantic launch. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ BBC Entertainment Re Brand, archived from the original on 15 March 2022, retrieved 17 January 2021
^ SomeOne. "Re-thinking the Royal Opera House". someoneinlondon.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "Martin Lambie-Nairn on joining Red&White, the perils of expansion and the importance of kindness". Creative Review. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "University of Northampton". Red&White. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "Martin Lambie-Nairn: Designer behind famous BBC and Channel 4 'idents' dies". BBC News. 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ Williams, Jessica (28 December 2020). "Martin Lambie-Nairn dead at 75: Fans mourn Spitting Image co-creator 'Utterly devastated'". Express.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Martin Lambie-Nairn: Designer behind famous BBC and Channel 4 'idents' dies". BBC News. 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "RSA – Current Royal Designers". Archived from the original on 27 August 2012.
^ "RTS Archives – People – About – Fello". Royal Television Society.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Inside Story: Martin Lambie-Nairn – King of the idents". Independent.co.uk. 26 November 2007. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
^ "Television Awards". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ "Honorands 2010". University of Northampton. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

External links

[1] "Martin Lambie-Nairn, Spitting Image co-creator, dies at 75". the Guardian. 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[Campaign-2] "CRAFT: The man who made TV sponsorship idents sexy – PROFILE/Martin Lambie-Nairn has changed far more than TV logos, Belinda Archer says". Campaign. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[3] "Pioneers". paulrobertlloyd.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[EGD-4] "Early Graphic Design in Television". Paul Rovert Lloyd. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[tvarc-5] "TVARK – Channel 4 – 1982". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2010.

[Lincoln-6] "UNIVERSITY HONOUR FOR 'SPITTING IMAGE' CREATOR". lincoln.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[7] "qsulis.demon.co.uk". qsulis.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.

[8] "Martin Lambie-Nairn, Smarties Commercial 1987". 24 June 2009. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2017 – via Flickr.

[9] "BBC – The BBC Story – The BBC logo story". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

[10] "BBC – Press Office – BBC ONE idents history". BBC. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

[Devising-11] "Devising the 2". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[12] "Global Ambition – History of the BBC". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[13] Guardian Staff (10 May 1999). "Goodbye to the trendy vicar". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[Ravensbourne-14] "Martin Lambie-Nairn". Ravensbourne University. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[TVARK_Choice-15] Walker, Hayden. "BBC Choice". TVARK: The Online Television Museum. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[TVARK_bbc4-16] "BBC Four Idents". TVARK. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011. Contains videos of the idents.

[17] Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On: Amazon.co.uk: Martin Lambie-Nairn, Jeremy Myerson: Books. ASIN 978.

[tv-ark1-18] "TVARK". TVARK. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.

[19] Obituaries, Telegraph (3 January 2021). "Martin Lambie-Nairn, Channel 4 logo designer who inspired Spitting Image – obituary". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[20] Administrator, System (16 June 1995). "S4C unveils Tutssels logo". Design Week. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[21] "Martin Lambie-Nairn obituary". the Guardian. 31 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[22] Lambie-Nairn, Martin (1997). Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On. Phaidon. pp. 194–205. ISBN 9780714834474.

[open.edu-23] "On-screen graphic design: The early years of television". OpenLearn. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[24] Administrator, System (15 December 2005). "Lambie-Nairn idents increase NOS exposure". Design Week. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[:0-25] 3000 (20 November 2011), Lambie Nairn Branding Film 1996, archived from the original on 15 December 2021, retrieved 6 October 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[:1-26] "Martin Lambie Nairn Talk". Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2017 – via Vimeo.

[27] "Don't blame me for Consignia". the Guardian. 12 May 2002. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[28] Horrocks, Peter (April 2008). "The Editors: Comments on changes". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[Sanguine-29] "BBC sanguine on claim that TV new rebrand causes fits". Design Week. May 2008. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[30] Horrocks, Peter. "New News". BBC. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020.

[31] Bennett, Steve. "Martin Lambie-Nairn, the man who dreamt up Spitting Image, dies at 75 : News 2020 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[Designweek0611-32] "Martin Lambie-Nairn steps down from Heavenly to revive ML-N". Design Week. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[33] "Branding Agency News - Heavenly makes waves with Sky Atlantic launch". Branding Agency News - Heavenly makes waves with Sky Atlantic launch. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[34] BBC Entertainment Re Brand, archived from the original on 15 March 2022, retrieved 17 January 2021

[35] SomeOne. "Re-thinking the Royal Opera House". someoneinlondon.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[36] "Martin Lambie-Nairn on joining Red&White, the perils of expansion and the importance of kindness". Creative Review. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[37] "University of Northampton". Red&White. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[38] "Martin Lambie-Nairn: Designer behind famous BBC and Channel 4 'idents' dies". BBC News. 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[39] Williams, Jessica (28 December 2020). "Martin Lambie-Nairn dead at 75: Fans mourn Spitting Image co-creator 'Utterly devastated'". Express.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

[40] "Martin Lambie-Nairn: Designer behind famous BBC and Channel 4 'idents' dies". BBC News. 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[41] "RSA – Current Royal Designers". Archived from the original on 27 August 2012.

[42] "RTS Archives – People – About – Fello". Royal Television Society.^{[permanent dead link]}

[43] "Inside Story: Martin Lambie-Nairn – King of the idents". Independent.co.uk. 26 November 2007. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

[44] "Television Awards". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.

[45] "Honorands 2010". University of Northampton. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

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-'''Martin John Lambie-Nairn''' (5 August 1945 – 25 December 2020)  was a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. He was the founder of his branding agency [[Lambie-Nairn]] and was the creative director of branding agency ML-N. He is recognised for having redefined television brand identity design, being the first to embrace computer technologies to apply branding to screen-based media.
+'''Martin John Lambie-Nairn''' (5 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an English designer. He was the founder of his branding agency [[Lambie-Nairn]] and was the creative director of branding agency ML-N. He is recognised for having redefined television brand identity design, being the first to embrace computer technologies to apply branding to screen-based media.
-Amongst his most prominent works are: the original [[Channel 4]] logo and idents created in 1982; the [[BBC Two '1991–2001' idents|batch of 30-plus idents]] for [[BBC Two]] that first aired on 16 February 1991; the 1997 corporate re-brand for the whole [[BBC]] and the 2008 [[BBC]] Regional News titles. In conjunction with his agency, he also created launch packages for certain other BBC channels.
+Lambie-Nairn was also a co-creator of 1980s satirical puppet show ''[[Spitting Image]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-28|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn, Spitting Image co-creator, dies at 75|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/28/martin-lambie-nairn-spitting-image-co-creator-dies|access-date=2021-01-17|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121024058/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/28/martin-lambie-nairn-spitting-image-co-creator-dies|url-status=live}}</ref> Amongst his most prominent works are the original [[Channel 4]] logo and idents created in 1982, the [[BBC Two '1991–2001' idents|batch of over 30 idents]] for [[BBC Two]] that first aired on 16 February 1991, the 1997 corporate re-brand for the whole [[BBC]], and the 2008 BBC Regional News titles. In conjunction with his agency, he also created launch packages for certain other BBC channels.
 ==Early life and education==
-Lambie-Nairn was born Martin John Lambie in [[Croydon]] and educated at Canterbury College of Art (later known as [[Kent Institute of Art & Design]], now the [[University for the Creative Arts]]).<ref name="Campaign">{{cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/craft-man-made-tv-sponsorship-idents-sexy-profile-martin-lambie-nairn-changed-far-tv-logos-belinda-archer-says/22937|title=CRAFT: The man who made TV sponsorship idents sexy – PROFILE/Martin Lambie-Nairn has changed far more than TV logos, Belinda Archer says|publisher=Campaign|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref>
+Lambie-Nairn was born Martin John Lambie in [[Croydon]] and educated at Canterbury College of Art (later known as [[Kent Institute of Art & Design]], now the [[University for the Creative Arts]]).<ref name="Campaign">{{cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/craft-man-made-tv-sponsorship-idents-sexy-profile-martin-lambie-nairn-changed-far-tv-logos-belinda-archer-says/22937|title=CRAFT: The man who made TV sponsorship idents sexy – PROFILE/Martin Lambie-Nairn has changed far more than TV logos, Belinda Archer says|publisher=Campaign|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507094308/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/craft-man-made-tv-sponsorship-idents-sexy-profile-martin-lambie-nairn-changed-far-tv-logos-belinda-archer-says/22937|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==Career==
 ===Early work===
-Lambie-Nairn's career in television began at the BBC in 1965, where he worked as an assistant designer.<ref name="Campaign"/> Roles as a [[graphic designer]] at [[Rediffusion]], [[ITN]] and [[London Weekend Television]] followed. At [[ITN]], he worked on the on-screen graphics for the Apollo space missions and later designed the ITN corporate logo and title sequence for ''[[ITV News at Ten|News at Ten]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paulrobertlloyd.com/articles/early_graphic_design_in_television/pioneers|title=Pioneers|website=paulrobertlloyd.com|language=en-gb|access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref> Lambie-Nairn established his own company, Robinson Lambie-Nairn, with partner Colin Robinson in 1976 after leaving LWT,<ref name="Campaign"/> and he went on to develop new graphic presentation techniques for ''[[Weekend World]]''.<ref name="EGD">{{cite web|url=https://paulrobertlloyd.com/1999/03/early_graphic_design_in_television/|title=Early Graphic Design in Television|publisher=Paul Rovert Lloyd|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref> The business expanded and was renamed [[Lambie-Nairn]] & Company in 1990.<ref name="Campaign"/>
+Lambie-Nairn's career in television began at the BBC in 1965, where he worked as an assistant designer.<ref name="Campaign"/> Roles as a [[graphic designer]] at [[Rediffusion]], [[ITN]] and [[London Weekend Television]] followed. At [[ITN]], he worked on the on-screen graphics for the Apollo space missions and later designed the ITN corporate logo and title sequence for ''[[ITV News at Ten|News at Ten]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paulrobertlloyd.com/articles/early_graphic_design_in_television/pioneers|title=Pioneers|website=paulrobertlloyd.com|language=en-gb|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006161645/https://paulrobertlloyd.com/articles/early_graphic_design_in_television/pioneers|url-status=live}}</ref> Lambie-Nairn established his own company, Robinson Lambie-Nairn, with partner Colin Robinson in 1976 after leaving LWT,<ref name="Campaign"/> and he went on to develop new graphic presentation techniques for ''[[Weekend World]]''.<ref name="EGD">{{cite web|url=https://paulrobertlloyd.com/1999/03/early_graphic_design_in_television/|title=Early Graphic Design in Television|publisher=Paul Rovert Lloyd|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=8 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408223402/https://paulrobertlloyd.com/1999/03/early_graphic_design_in_television/|url-status=live}}</ref> The business expanded and was renamed [[Lambie-Nairn]] & Company in 1990.<ref name="Campaign"/>
-Computer animation enabled him to produce what became regarded as a revolutionary identity<ref name="tvarc">{{cite web|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/channel4/1982.html|title=TVARK – Channel 4 – 1982|access-date=19 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106181911/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/channel4/1982.html#|archive-date=6 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> for [[Channel 4]], the "Blocks" logo.<ref name="tvarc"/> This identity launched the fledgling TV channel on 2 November 1982 and remained at the heart of the channel's on-air presentation for 14 years. In 1981 he created the original idea for the UK TV series ''[[Spitting Image]]'' which ran for 11 years. He received the credit that the show was "based on an original lunch with Martin Lambie-Nairn."<ref name="Lincoln"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qsulis.demon.co.uk/Website_Louise_Gold/Spitting_Image.htm|title=qsulis.demon.co.uk|website=qsulis.demon.co.uk}}</ref>
+Computer animation enabled him to produce what became regarded as a revolutionary identity<ref name="tvarc">{{cite web|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/channel4/1982.html|title=TVARK – Channel 4 – 1982|access-date=19 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106181911/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/channel4/1982.html#|archive-date=6 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> for [[Channel 4]], the "Blocks" logo.<ref name="tvarc"/> This identity launched the fledgling TV channel on 2 November 1982 and remained at the heart of the channel's on-air presentation for 14 years. In 1981 he created the original idea for the UK TV series ''[[Spitting Image]]'' which ran for 11 years. He received the credit that the show was "based on an original lunch with Martin Lambie-Nairn."<ref name="Lincoln"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qsulis.demon.co.uk/Website_Louise_Gold/Spitting_Image.htm|title=qsulis.demon.co.uk|website=qsulis.demon.co.uk|access-date=19 May 2010|archive-date=9 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609002223/http://www.qsulis.demon.co.uk/Website_Louise_Gold/Spitting_Image.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Following Channel 4 and ''Spitting Image'', he worked as a director of computer animated commercials, producing the first ever 30-second computer-generated TV advertisement in the UK, which was a commercial for [[Smarties]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandaduk/3656179011/in/set-72157620450431506/|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn, Smarties Commercial 1987}}</ref>
+Following Channel 4 and ''Spitting Image'', he worked as a director of computer-animated commercials, producing the first ever 30-second computer-generated TV advertisement in the UK, which was a commercial for [[Smarties]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandaduk/3656179011/|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn, Smarties Commercial 1987|date=24 June 2009|via=Flickr|access-date=19 January 2017|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507094308/https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandaduk/3656179011/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ===Corporate identities===
-In 1990, Lambie-Nairn became consultant creative director of the BBC brand, a position he held for 12 years. During this period<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/resources/in-depth/bbc_logo.shtml|title=BBC – The BBC Story – The BBC logo story}}</ref> Lambie-Nairn and his company rebranded the BBC and all of its outputs, across all media. The best known channel identity was for [[BBC Two '1991–2001' idents|BBC Two]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/26/bbconeidenthistory.shtml|title=BBC – Press Office – BBC ONE idents history|publisher=BBC}}</ref> commissioned by then-controller [[Alan Yentob]] in a bid to make the channel appear less stuffy.<ref name="Devising">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/bbc-idents/bbc-two-idents|title=Devising the 2|publisher=BBC|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref> All of the idents in the first series employed traditional live action. Later, with the change of target audience, a new generation of idents was commissioned and produced using [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]].<ref name="Devising"/> The idents were highly popular, even receiving fan mail.<ref name="Devising"/>
+In 1990, Lambie-Nairn became consultant creative director of the BBC brand, a position he held for 12 years. During this period<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/resources/in-depth/bbc_logo.shtml|title=BBC – The BBC Story – The BBC logo story|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=14 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014083936/http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/resources/in-depth/bbc_logo.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Lambie-Nairn and his company rebranded the BBC and all of its outputs, across all media. The best known channel identity was for [[BBC Two '1991–2001' idents|BBC Two]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/26/bbconeidenthistory.shtml|title=BBC – Press Office – BBC ONE idents history|publisher=BBC|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413141031/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/26/bbconeidenthistory.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> commissioned by then-controller [[Alan Yentob]] in a bid to make the channel appear less stuffy.<ref name="Devising">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/bbc-idents/bbc-two-idents|title=Devising the 2|publisher=BBC|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228194106/https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/bbc-idents/bbc-two-idents|url-status=live}}</ref> All of the idents in the first series employed traditional live action. Later, with the change of target audience, a new generation of idents was commissioned and produced using [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]].<ref name="Devising"/> The idents were highly popular, even receiving fan mail.<ref name="Devising"/> For [[BBC One|BBC1]], Lambie-Nairn and Daniel Barber [[BBC One 'Virtual Globe' ident|redesigned]] the [[Computer Originated World|globe identity]], a well-recognized icon of the BBC, having been introduced in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/bbc-idents/global-ambition|title=Global Ambition – History of the BBC|publisher=BBC|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728110117/https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/bbc-idents/global-ambition|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Later, Lambie-Nairn again redesigned the identity for BBC One – creating the red [[hot air balloon]] that was used for a [[BBC One 'Balloon' idents|new series of idents]] aired on BBC One from 4 October 1997. This aimed to capture the idea that the channel brought the whole world to every corner of the United Kingdom. This was part of a wider corporate rebranding which included a redesign of the [[Logo of the BBC|BBC blocks]] logo and also a new package for BBC News which utilized a [[BBC News presentation#1999 Cream look|warmer color palette]] for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Guardian Staff|date=1999-05-10|title=Goodbye to the trendy vicar|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/may/10/2|access-date=2021-01-13|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114233426/https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/may/10/2|url-status=live}}</ref> As the BBC's primary external agency, Lambie-Nairn also oversaw the design of channel identities for emerging digital properties [[BBC News 24]] (now called BBC News),<ref name="Ravensbourne">{{cite web|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn|url=https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/martin-lambie-nairn|accessdate=28 December 2020|publisher=Ravensbourne University|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228171213/https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/martin-lambie-nairn|url-status=live}}</ref> [[BBC World News|BBC World]], [[BBC Choice]],<ref name="TVARK Choice">{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Hayden|title=BBC Choice|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbc_choice.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401122145/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbc_choice.html|archivedate=1 April 2012|accessdate=5 December 2011|publisher=TVARK: The Online Television Museum}}</ref> [[BBC Knowledge]], [[CBeebies]],<ref name="Ravensbourne" /> [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]], [[BBC Four]]<ref name="TVARK bbc4">{{cite web|title=BBC Four Idents|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbcfour.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318050421/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbcfour.html|archivedate=18 March 2012|accessdate=31 July 2011|publisher=TVARK}} Contains videos of the idents.</ref> and BBC Three.<ref name="TVARK Choice" />
-For [[BBC One|BBC1]], Lambie-Nairn and Daniel Barber [[BBC One 'Virtual Globe' ident|redesigned]] the [[Computer Originated World|globe identity]], a well-recognised icon of the BBC, having been introduced in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/bbc-idents/global-ambition|title=Global Ambition – History of the BBC|publisher=BBC|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref>
+In 1997, he wrote ''Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=''Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On'': Amazon.co.uk: Martin Lambie-Nairn, Jeremy Myerson: Books|id={{ASIN|978|country=uk}} }}</ref> He used the book to reveal how he and his colleagues achieved key identities.
-Later, Lambie-Nairn again redesigned the identity for BBC One – creating the red [[hot air balloon]] that was used for a [[BBC One 'Balloon' idents|new series of idents]] aired on BBC One from 4 October 1997. This aimed to capture the idea that the channel brought the whole world to every corner of the United Kingdom. He also co-conceived the ''[[BBC One 'Rhythm & Movement' idents|Rhythm & Movement]]'' idents for [[BBC One]] first shown on 29 March 2002. In 2001, he created BBC Two's [[BBC Two 'Personality' idents|2001–2007 ''Personality 2s'' series]] of idents, which featured robotic figure 2s, each displaying individual personalities, which went on the air on 19 November.<ref name="tv-ark1">{{cite web |url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbctwo/2001_idents.html |title=TVARK |publisher=TVARK |accessdate=25 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318044705/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbctwo/2001_idents.html |archive-date=18 March 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Lambie-Nairn also designed ident packages for [[BBC News 24]] (now called BBC News),<ref name="Ravensbourne">{{cite web|url=https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/martin-lambie-nairn|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn|publisher=Ravensbourne University|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref> [[BBC Choice]],<ref name="TVARK Choice">{{cite web|last=Walker |first=Hayden |title=BBC Choice |url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbc_choice.html |publisher=TVARK: The Online Television Museum |accessdate=5 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401122145/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbc_choice.html |archivedate=1 April 2012 }}</ref> [[CBeebies]],<ref name="Ravensbourne"/> [[CBBC]], [[BBC Four]]<ref name="TVARK bbc4">{{cite web|title=BBC Four Idents |url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbcfour.html |publisher=TVARK |accessdate=31 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318050421/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/bbcfour.html |archivedate=18 March 2012 }} Contains videos of the idents.</ref> and [[BBC Three idents#Blobs|BBC Three]].<ref name="TVARK Choice"/>
+Lambie-Nairn also co-conceived the ''[[BBC One 'Rhythm & Movement' idents|Rhythm & Movement]]'' idents for [[BBC One]] first shown on 29 March 2002. In 2001, he created BBC Two's [[BBC Two 'Personality' idents|2001–2007 ''Personality 2s'' series]] of idents, which featured robotic figure 2s, each displaying individual personalities, which went on the air on 19 November.<ref name="tv-ark1">{{cite web |url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbctwo/2001_idents.html |title=TVARK |publisher=TVARK |accessdate=25 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318044705/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbctwo/2001_idents.html |archive-date=18 March 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
-Throughout collaboration with the BBC, Lambie-Nairn and company also worked on other corporate identities for [[Carlton Television]] (now defunct),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/9-september-1999/carlton-stars-lambie-nairn/|title=Carlton stars Lambie-Nairn |date=10 September 1999|work=Design Week|access-date=6 October 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> [[The Box (New Zealand TV channel)|Orange]] (now The Box),<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=deeman3000|title=Lambie Nairn Branding Film 1996|date=20 November 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwzffQeklhs|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref> the [[Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)|Disney Channel]],<ref name=":0" /> [[The Business Channel]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/17843445|title=Martin Lambie Nairn Talk|via=Vimeo|access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref> [[O2 (UK)|O2]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Alhurra]]<ref name=":1" /> and many others. In 1997, he wrote ''Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brand-Identity-Television-Martin-Lambie-Nairn/dp/978-0-7148-3447-4|title=''Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On'': Amazon.co.uk: Martin Lambie-Nairn, Jeremy Myerson: Books}}</ref> He used the book to reveal how he and his colleagues achieved key identities.
+Throughout collaboration with the BBC, Lambie-Nairn and company also developed the logos and corporate identities for the [[Carlton Television|London Weekday]] and [[Central Independent Television|Central]] ITV franchises owned by [[Carlton Communications]]. He also branded [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Obituaries|first=Telegraph|date=2021-01-03|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn, Channel 4 logo designer who inspired Spitting Image – obituary|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/03/martin-lambie-nairn-channel-4-logo-designer-inspired-spitting/|access-date=2021-01-13|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109142816/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/03/martin-lambie-nairn-channel-4-logo-designer-inspired-spitting/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[S4C]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Administrator|first=System|date=1995-06-16|title=S4C unveils Tutssels logo|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/15-june-1995/s4c-unveils-tutssels-logo/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=Design Week|language=en-UK|archive-date=29 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029124642/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/15-june-1995/s4c-unveils-tutssels-logo/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[TF1]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-31|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/dec/31/martin-lambie-nairn-obituary|access-date=2021-01-13|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108175543/https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/dec/31/martin-lambie-nairn-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref> [[RSI La 1|TSI]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lambie-Nairn |first=Martin |title=Brand Identity for Television: With Knobs On |publisher=Phaidon |year=1997 |isbn=9780714834474 |pages=194-205}}</ref> [[Arte]],<ref name="open.edu">{{Cite web|title=On-screen graphic design: The early years of television|url=https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/engineering-and-technology/design-and-innovation/design/on-screen-graphic-design-the-early-years-television|access-date=2021-01-13|website=OpenLearn|language=en|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124071029/https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/engineering-and-technology/design-and-innovation/design/on-screen-graphic-design-the-early-years-television|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Administrator|first=System|date=2005-12-15|title=Lambie-Nairn idents increase NOS exposure|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/15-december-2005/lambie-nairn-idents-increase-nos-exposure/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=Design Week|language=en-UK|archive-date=15 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515091348/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/15-december-2005/lambie-nairn-idents-increase-nos-exposure/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)|Disney Channel UK]],<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=deeman3000|title=Lambie Nairn Branding Film 1996|date=20 November 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwzffQeklhs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/qwzffQeklhs |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|accessdate=6 October 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[The Business Channel]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/17843445|title=Martin Lambie Nairn Talk|via=Vimeo|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728110117/https://vimeo.com/17843445|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alhurra]],<ref name=":1" /> [[British Satellite Broadcasting]],<ref name="open.edu"/> and many others. In 2002, Lambie-Nairn's agency was also credited for helping rebrand BT Cellnet into the [[O2 (UK)|O2]] brand based around the metaphor of oxygen.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2002-05-12|title=Don't blame me for Consignia|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/may/13/mondaymediasection2|access-date=2021-01-13|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507094308/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/may/13/mondaymediasection2|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In 2008, he created a new unified branding for [[BBC News]].<ref name="Sanguine">{{cite web|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/1-may-2008/bbc-sanguine-on-claim-that-tv-news-rebrand-causes-fits/|title=BBC sanguine on claim that TV new rebrand causes fits|publisher=Design Week|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref> The red and white template had videos of local landmarks, transport and people together etc.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Horrocks|first=Peter|title=New News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/04/new_news.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=BBC}}</ref> The rebranding led to complaints that they may cause [[epileptic fits]], a claim the BBC rejected as they had successfully passed the [[Harding test]] for photo-sensitive epilepsy.<ref name="Sanguine"/> They have since been replaced.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2019 Idents|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chO8bAQT0Wc&t=112s|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/4df3e9ba-bdf7-48dc-8c9e-0c4256cce7f6|title = TV news graphics: a new look|access-date=14 August 2020|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
+In 2008, he directed the creation of a new unified red-and-white branding for [[BBC News]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Horrocks|first=Peter|date=April 2008|title=The Editors: Comments on changes|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/04/comments_on_changes.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114065333/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/04/comments_on_changes.html|archive-date=14 January 2021|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Sanguine">{{cite web|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/1-may-2008/bbc-sanguine-on-claim-that-tv-news-rebrand-causes-fits/|title=BBC sanguine on claim that TV new rebrand causes fits|date=May 2008 |publisher=Design Week|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=17 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617203133/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/1-may-2008/bbc-sanguine-on-claim-that-tv-news-rebrand-causes-fits/|url-status=live}}</ref> The red and white template had videos of local landmarks, transport and people together.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Horrocks|first=Peter|title=New News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/04/new_news.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805003251/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/04/new_news.html|archive-date=5 August 2020|access-date=|website=BBC}}</ref> Components of the 2008 identity continue to be in use.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Steve|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn, the man who dreamt up Spitting Image, dies at 75 : News 2020 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/12/28/47562/martin_lambie-nairn,_the_man_who_dreamt_up_spitting_image,_dies_at_75|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112083728/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/12/28/47562/martin_lambie-nairn,_the_man_who_dreamt_up_spitting_image,_dies_at_75|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ===Later years===
+In 2009 Lambie-Nairn left the practice he founded to join Heavenly as creative director, leaving in 2011.<ref name="Designweek0611"/> At Heavenly, he devised the launch identity for [[Sky Atlantic]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Branding Agency News - Heavenly makes waves with Sky Atlantic launch|url=https://heavenly.co.uk/says/heavenly-makes-waves-with-sky-atlantic-launch/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Branding Agency News - Heavenly makes waves with Sky Atlantic launch|language=en|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120065602/https://heavenly.co.uk/says/heavenly-makes-waves-with-sky-atlantic-launch/|url-status=live}}</ref> and also for [[BBC Entertainment]].<ref>{{Citation|title=BBC Entertainment Re Brand|url=https://vimeo.com/152026831|language=en|access-date=2021-01-17|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315053222/https://vimeo.com/152026831|url-status=live}}</ref> He subsequently had his own consultancy, ML-N, based in London.<ref name="Designweek0611"/> In 2011, he worked as a creative consultant in creating a new identity for the [[Royal Opera House]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=SomeOne|title=Re-thinking the Royal Opera House.|url=https://someoneinlondon.com/projects/re-thinking-the-royal-opera-house|access-date=2021-01-17|website=someoneinlondon.com|language=en|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122014756/https://someoneinlondon.com/projects/re-thinking-the-royal-opera-house|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In 2009 Lambie-Nairn left the practice he founded to join [[Heavenly Group Ltd|Heavenly]] as creative director, leaving in 2011.<ref name=“Designweek0611”/> He subsequently had his own consultancy, ML-N, based in London.<ref name=“Designweek0611”/> Through ML-N, he was appointed consultant creative director for the research company, TNS.<ref name=“Designweek0611”>{{cite web|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-june-2011/martin-lambie-nairn-steps-down-from-heavenly-to-revive-ml-n/|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn steps down from Heavenly to revive ML-N |work=Design Week|date=22 June 2011}}</ref> By 2016, he had joined Red&White as a non-executive chairman and creative director.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/martin-lambie-nairn-on-joining-redwhite-the-perils-of-expansion-and-the-importance-of-kindness/|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn on joining Red&White, the perils of expansion and the importance of kindness |date=16 October 2015|work=Creative Review|access-date=6 October 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
+Through ML-N, he was appointed consultant creative director for the research company, TNS.<ref name="Designweek0611">{{cite web|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-june-2011/martin-lambie-nairn-steps-down-from-heavenly-to-revive-ml-n/|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn steps down from Heavenly to revive ML-N|work=Design Week|date=22 June 2011|access-date=29 December 2020|archive-date=7 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107151018/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/23-june-2011/martin-lambie-nairn-steps-down-from-heavenly-to-revive-ml-n/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, he had joined Red&White as a non-executive chairman and creative director,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/martin-lambie-nairn-on-joining-redwhite-the-perils-of-expansion-and-the-importance-of-kindness/|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn on joining Red&White, the perils of expansion and the importance of kindness|date=16 October 2015|work=Creative Review|access-date=6 October 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006112705/https://www.creativereview.co.uk/martin-lambie-nairn-on-joining-redwhite-the-perils-of-expansion-and-the-importance-of-kindness/|url-status=live}}</ref>  where he worked to create a new logo and brand identity for his alma mater, the [[University of Northampton]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-23|title=University of Northampton|url=http://redandwhitestudio.com/projects/university-of-northampton/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Red&White|language=en-US|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122044434/http://redandwhitestudio.com/projects/university-of-northampton/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Lambie-Nairn was interviewed for the BBC Four programme ''The Sound of TV'', which debuted a few weeks before his death.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-12-28|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn: Designer behind famous BBC and Channel 4 'idents' dies|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55465330|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201229085605/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55465330|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==Personal life and death==
+Lambie-Nairn died on 25 December 2020 at the age of 75. His death was mentioned during a [[Bumper (broadcasting)|junction]] on Channel 4 alongside an original channel ident which Lambie-Nairn oversaw the development of in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Jessica|date=2020-12-28|title=Martin Lambie-Nairn dead at 75: Fans mourn Spitting Image co-creator 'Utterly devastated'|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1377461/martin-lambie-nairn-dead-death-spitting-image-channel-4-latest-family-news-health-update|access-date=2020-12-30|website=Express.co.uk|language=en|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230071930/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1377461/martin-lambie-nairn-dead-death-spitting-image-channel-4-latest-family-news-health-update|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Lambie-Nairn died on 25 December 2020, aged 75. He was survived by his wife Cordelia (née Summers) whom he married in 1970.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55465330|title = Martin Lambie-Nairn: Designer behind famous BBC and Channel 4 'idents' dies|publisher = [[BBC News]]|date = 28 December 2020|accessdate = 28 December 2020}}</ref>
+He was survived by his wife Cordelia (née Summers) whom he married in 1970.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55465330|title = Martin Lambie-Nairn: Designer behind famous BBC and Channel 4 'idents' dies|publisher = [[BBC News]]|date = 28 December 2020|accessdate = 28 December 2020|archive-date = 29 December 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20201229085605/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55465330|url-status = live}}</ref>
 ==Awards==
-Lambie-Nairn was an [[Royal Designers for Industry|RDI]] (Royal Designer for Industry),<ref>[http://www.thersa.org/projects/design/rdi/current-royal-designers RSA – Current Royal Designers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827064215/http://www.thersa.org/projects/design/rdi/current-royal-designers |date=27 August 2012 }}</ref> Fellow of the [[Royal Television Society]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.org.uk/Info_page_two_pic_2_det.asp?id=7521&sec_id=3572|title=RTS Archives – People – About – Fello|publisher=Royal Television Society }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and an ex-president of [[D&AD]]. He received the D&AD President's Award, Prince Philip Design Prize, Promax Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-martin-lambienairn--king-of-the-idents-760463.html|title=Inside Story: Martin Lambie-Nairn – King of the idents|date=26 November 2007}}</ref> and Promax Hall of Fame (USA). He also received a Gold D&AD for his work for Channel 4, multiple Silver D&ADs, a [[BAFTA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1991|title=Television Awards|website=bafta.org}}</ref> for his work for BBC2 and multiple Promax Awards.
+Lambie-Nairn was an [[Royal Designers for Industry|RDI]] (Royal Designer for Industry),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thersa.org/projects/design/rdi/current-royal-designers|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827064215/http://www.thersa.org/projects/design/rdi/current-royal-designers|url-status=dead|title=RSA – Current Royal Designers|archivedate=27 August 2012}}</ref> Fellow of the [[Royal Television Society]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.org.uk/Info_page_two_pic_2_det.asp?id=7521&sec_id=3572|title=RTS Archives – People – About – Fello|publisher=Royal Television Society }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and an ex-president of [[D&AD]]. He received the D&AD President's Award, Prince Philip Design Prize, Promax Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-martin-lambienairn--king-of-the-idents-760463.html|title=Inside Story: Martin Lambie-Nairn – King of the idents|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=26 November 2007|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925092047/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-martin-lambienairn--king-of-the-idents-760463.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Promax Hall of Fame (USA). He also received a Gold D&AD for his work for Channel 4, multiple Silver D&ADs, a [[BAFTA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1991|title=Television Awards|website=bafta.org|access-date=19 May 2010|archive-date=15 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815094637/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1991|url-status=live}}</ref> for his work for BBC2 and multiple Promax Awards.
-Lambie-Nairn held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the [[University of Lincoln]],<ref name="Lincoln">{{cite web|url=https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2004/07/martinlambienairn.htm|title=UNIVERSITY HONOUR FOR ‘SPITTING IMAGE’ CREATOR|website=lincoln.ac.uk}}</ref> and was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. He also held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the [[University of Northampton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northampton.ac.uk/community/alumni/honorary-and-notable-alumni/honorands-2010/|title=Honorands 2010|publisher=University of Northampton|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref>
+Lambie-Nairn held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the [[University of Lincoln]],<ref name="Lincoln">{{cite web|url=https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2004/07/martinlambienairn.htm|title=UNIVERSITY HONOUR FOR 'SPITTING IMAGE' CREATOR|website=lincoln.ac.uk|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728110123/https://news.lincoln.ac.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. He also held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the [[University of Northampton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northampton.ac.uk/community/alumni/honorary-and-notable-alumni/honorands-2010/|title=Honorands 2010|publisher=University of Northampton|accessdate=28 December 2020|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126211017/https://www.northampton.ac.uk/community/alumni/honorary-and-notable-alumni/honorands-2010/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 [[Category:British television producers]]
 [[Category:Spitting Image]]
+[[Category:People from Croydon]]
 [[Category:Television presentation in the United Kingdom]]

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