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Educational Roles

Romek had such an incredible and full life that really we just have to thank him, for not only enriching our lives but for also transforming the nature of graphic design education and its impact across the industrial world.

When Romek came to Hornsey, graphic and book illustration was seen as a rather narrow activity, still set in the arts and crafts tradition. Romek changed all this, transforming it into a broad, modern discipline appropriate to an emerging world of mass communications.

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Romek contributed significantly to developing design education at Hornsey into a major influence in the wider world, along with his personal reputation as an international designer. We were so fortunate to have him working with us developing Hornsey and the subsequent Faculty of Art and Design at Middlesex University.

Fundamentally, he was kind and loveable – a lovely person to know and work with, so charming and profuse, but, of course, so strong under the surface charm. Gener