Peter was recruited to lecture on Graphic Design at the Sutton School of Art in the early 60s. He was quite unique, being the only one in the school who new what it was. He was a very good, patient and kind tutor and I was one of the lucky ones who benefited from his tuterledge. He used to turn up in a beautiful Citroen or a little Austin Healey Sprite, always spotless both would stand out in the car park consisting of rusting old wrecks, and that was just the staff. After my diploma course Peter very kindly offered me a place as his assistant at BDMW in Bloomsbury Place, an opportunity handed down from heaven and I exercised my incredible judgement and said no! Hellbent on doing a typography course I completed that and as luck would have it Peter offered me the job again, this time I snapped it up. Only when I started at BDMW did I realise what a high profiled and successful designer Peter was. His modest persona concealed his status in this new field of design. BDMW was one of the top design groups in the uk. I had a wonderful time working for him and met some fascinating, not to mention, strange individuals. Peter seemed very content in his world of design, flying gliders, music and running interesting cars. He never seemed moody and would bounce about the place with great enthusiasm singing ‘pom pom’ to himself. He was very appreciative to work with and incredibly polite and considerate. A wonderful glider pilot, Peter invited me down to Lasham and arranged for me to have a flight. Peter was up in the clouds and I didn’t see him, but a pilot with the thickest pebble glasses I have ever seen took me up in what looked like a converted shed with wings. We were towed up and I remember my instructor saying that he hoped the pilot towing knew what he was doing as otherwise he would kill us both. At 19 as you can imagine that was of little concern to me having thrashed down to Lasham in an ancient Renault held together with rust. After I left BDMW, a decision I would regret, Peter and I stayed in touch and met up many times. He always gave me sound advice. He came to my wedding and has been one of my longest standing friends. It was sad to see him at the end, but he maintained his unthusiasm for design and had many projects on the go, even if he had trouble remembering what they were. Always a very private person, it was lovely to see he had such a wonderful caring family of nieces and great nieces taking great care of him. I’m sure Peter would say he was very fortunate and had a long and wonderful life. I will always be thankful to Peter as one of the biggest influences and inspirations of my life. He showed it was possible to be very successful without brashness, narcissism or egotism. Neil Collins