Design & Industries Association
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Membership services
Other membership organisation services
Notes:
Established 1915 with a membership of 200 to promote and raise standards of industrial design as an association of all those with interests in this area. Published, organised lectures, etc. Encouraged government involvement. Somewhat eclipsed by Design Council. Continues
Publications:
- A New Body with New Aims by Unknown
- All Things Bright and Beautiful. Design in Britain, 1830 to today by MacCarthy, Fiona
- Design Action. DIA Yearbook 1975. The diamond jubilee of the Design & Industries Association by Unknown
- Design and British Industry by Stewart, Richard W
- 'DIA, 1915-1928' in F MacCarthy, All Things Bright and Beautiful. Design in Britain, 1830 to today by MacCarthy, Fiona
- 'Fitness for purpose. The story of the DIA' in N Hamilton (ed), Design and Industry. The effects of industrialisation and technical change on design by Plummer, Raymond
- Harry Peach. Dryad and the DIA by Kirkham, Pat
- Industrial Design in Britain by Carrington, Noel
- Mister Pink. The architectural legacy of Walter Francis Crittall, 1887-1956 by Carpenter, Robin
- Nothing Need Be Ugly. The first 70 years of the Design & Industries Association by Plummer, Raymond
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Membership services Other membership organisation services
Notes:
Established 1915 with a membership of 200 to promote and raise standards of industrial design as an association of all those with interests in this area. Published, organised lectures, etc. Encouraged government involvement. Somewhat eclipsed by Design Council. ContinuesPublications:
- A New Body with New Aims by Unknown
- All Things Bright and Beautiful. Design in Britain, 1830 to today by MacCarthy, Fiona
- Design Action. DIA Yearbook 1975. The diamond jubilee of the Design & Industries Association by Unknown
- Design and British Industry by Stewart, Richard W
- 'DIA, 1915-1928' in F MacCarthy, All Things Bright and Beautiful. Design in Britain, 1830 to today by MacCarthy, Fiona
- 'Fitness for purpose. The story of the DIA' in N Hamilton (ed), Design and Industry. The effects of industrialisation and technical change on design by Plummer, Raymond
- Harry Peach. Dryad and the DIA by Kirkham, Pat
- Industrial Design in Britain by Carrington, Noel
- Mister Pink. The architectural legacy of Walter Francis Crittall, 1887-1956 by Carpenter, Robin
- Nothing Need Be Ugly. The first 70 years of the Design & Industries Association by Plummer, Raymond