11 Facts About Romek Marber

Romek Marber was a Polish-born British graphic designer and academic known for his work illustrating the covers of Penguin Books.

Romek Marber retired in 1989, becoming a Professor Emeritus of Middlesex University.

Romek Marber arrived in Britain in 1946, where he was reunited with his father and brother.

About his time as a student, Romek Marber said that he “spent time drawing and I regarded it as an exercise in observation, a visual note book.

Romek Marber stated that “the newsprint paper and the coarseness of the halftone printed by letterpress [of the Economist] suited the boldness of my work… Black with red is simple and dramatic.

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In 1961, impressed by Romek Marber's covers for The Economist, Germano Facetti commissioned Romek Marber to design covers for Simeon Potter's Our Language and Language in the Modern World.

Romek Marber chose to retain the green colour for the series, though he used a 'fresher' shade, and kept the horizontal banding of the previous Edward Young designs.

Romek Marber lived in Stisted, outside of Braintree, Essex and died there on March 30,2020.

Romek Marber is survived by his long term partner, graphic designer Orna Frommer Dawson.

In 2010, Romek Marber published an autobiography of his experiences during World War Two: No Return: Journeys in the Holocaust.

Sixteen-page article in the magazine Typographica by Herbert Spencer in 1962 traced the history of Penguin cover design, but neglected to mention Romek Marber's input, prompting Facetti to ask Spencer for a correction of this oversight in the next issue.