Early Years
In early life Landor's aesthetic sense was influenced by the Bauhaus and Werkbund design movements, as well as by his architect father. Following his studies at the University of London's Goldsmiths College, the 23-year-old Landor became the youngest Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
In 1939 Landor traveled to the United States as part of the design team for the British Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. He continued west to San Francisco and quickly decided to settle there. "For me it was a city that looked out on the whole world, a city built on the cultural traditions of east and west," he later said. "How could I live anywhere else?"
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