16 Facts About Martin Lambie-Nairn

Martin John Lambie-Nairn was an English designer.

Martin Lambie-Nairn was the founder of his branding agency Lambie-Nairn and was the creative director of branding agency ML-N.

Martin Lambie-Nairn is recognised for having redefined television brand identity design, being the first to embrace computer technologies to apply branding to screen-based media.

Martin Lambie-Nairn established his own company, Robinson Martin Lambie-Nairn, with partner Colin Robinson in 1976 after leaving LWT, and he went on to develop new graphic presentation techniques for Weekend World.

In 1990, Martin Lambie-Nairn became consultant creative director of the BBC brand, a position he held for 12 years.

Martin Lambie-Nairn used the book to reveal how he and his colleagues achieved key identities.

Martin Lambie-Nairn branded Anglia Television, S4C, TF1, Arte, NOS, Disney Channel UK, The Business Channel, Alhurra, British Satellite Broadcasting, and many others.

In 2002, Martin Lambie-Nairn's agency was credited for helping rebrand BT Cellnet into the O2 brand based around the metaphor of oxygen.

In 2009 Martin Lambie-Nairn left the practice he founded to join Heavenly as creative director, leaving in 2011.

Martin Lambie-Nairn subsequently had his own consultancy, ML-N, based in London.

In 2020, Martin Lambie-Nairn was interviewed for the BBC Four programme The Sound of TV, which debuted a few weeks before his death.

Martin Lambie-Nairn passed away on 25 December 2020 at the age of 75.

Martin Lambie-Nairn's death was mentioned during a junction on Channel 4 alongside an original channel ident which Lambie-Nairn oversaw the development of in the 1980s.

Martin Lambie-Nairn was survived by his wife Cordelia whom he married in 1970.

Martin Lambie-Nairn held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the University of Lincoln, and was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design.

Martin Lambie-Nairn held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the University of Northampton.