The life and work of Abram Games

Naomi Games reveals the story of her father, Abram Games, who was appointed Official War Poster Artist during the Second World War.

Abram Games was one of the 20th century’s most innovative and important graphic designers. He produced some of Britain’s most enduring images, which are a now a fascinating record of social history.

During the Second World War he was uniquely appointed Official War Poster Artist. It was Games’s personal philosophy of 'maximum meaning, minimum means' that gave his works their distinctive conceptual and visual quality.