head of graphics from 1987 to 1991. Recognition Calvert was awarded an honorary degree by the University of the Arts London in 2004. She appeared on the fourteenth season of the famous motoring show,Top Gear on 3 January 2010. James May interviewed her in a 2009 Vauxhall Insignia VXR, talking about the design process of the UK road signs. She was made a Royal Designer for Industry for Graphic Design in 2011. In 2015, she was presented with the D&AD President's Award. Calvert was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to typography and road safety. In June 2018 she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Arts University Bournemouth alongside dancer Darcey Bussell, costume designer Jenny Beavan OBE and director and screenwriter Edgar Wright. A retrospective exhibition of her work, Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work, was held from 21 October 2020 till 10 January 2021 at the Design Museum in London. Gallery of work References Citations Sources Further reading External links Keep it Simple: interview by Francesco Padovani The Brits Who Designed the Modern World Artsnight - Series 4: 7, BBC Two 1936 births Living people British designers British graphic designers British typographers and type designers History of transport in the Isle of Man History of transport in the United Kingdom Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at St Paul's Girls' School South African emigrants to the United Kingdom