Willy de Majo

1917–93

Born William Maks de May in Vienna to Yugoslav parents, Willy de Majo established his own design business in Belgrade in 1935. Moving to Britain in 1939, he joined the Royal Air Force in 1941 and after the war re-established a design practice in London, working in graphic, industrial and exhibition design, corporate identity, packaging and product development.

De Mayo acted as co-coordinating designer for the Festival of Britain’s major Farm and Factory exhibition at Castlereagh in Belfast.