Cosomati was born in Italy, and lived in Zurich for five years where he studied drawing, printing, bookbinding and furniture design. At the end of the first World War he came to London where he worked as a commercial artist producing poster designs for London Transport, BOAC and other, as well as designing illustrations for books, menus and wine lists.

Glossary

  • Design

    The arrangement of elements or details in an artefact or a work of art.

  • Drawing

    The depiction of shapes and forms on a flat surface chiefly by means of lines although colour and shading may also be included. Materials most commonly used are pencil, ink, crayon, charcoal, chalk and pastel, although other materials, including paint, can be used in combination.