Design and British Industry

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Largely provides an account of the Council of Industrial Design, later the Design Council, to offer 'its own perspective on political attitudes, public taste, manufacturing capability and, of course, designer talent' re design and industry. Structured in eight sections: 1] 'Victorian taste' - 'The Great Exhibition' / 'The Society of Arts' / 'Schools of design and museums of art' / 'Design movements' / 'Engineering and industrial design'; 2] 'Fitness for purpose' - 'Into the twentieth century' / 'The Design & Industries Association' / 'British Institute of Industrial Art' / 'The Council for Art & Industry' / 'The Council of Industrial Design'; 3] ''Britain Can Make It' - 'Swords into ploughshares' / 'Public taste' / 'Enterprise Scotland'; 4] 'Industrial liaison' - 'Design centres for industry' / 'Gordon Russell' / 'A national survey of design' / 'The training and employment of designers'; 5] 'Festival of Britain' - 'Centenary commemoration' / 'The 1951 stock list' / 'The South Bank and other exhibitions / 'Progress report'; 6] 'Publicity and propaganda' - 'Reaching the public' / 'Publications and promotions' / 'The retail trade' / 'Official bodies'; 7] 'Design exhibition centres' - 'Design Centre, Haymarket' / 'Design Centre Awards' / 'Public opinion' / 'Further centres'; 8] 'Engineering, innovation and education' - 'Engineering and the Design Council' / 'Evaluation' / 'Innovation and the graduate designer' / 'Design in general education' / 'Postscript.