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Design in modern life / with contributions by Robert Atkinson ... [and others] ; edited by John Gloag.
LIBRA 704 G512
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Design.
- Industrial design.
- Physical Description:
- 142 pages, 39 pages, of plates : illustrations (2 folded) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : G. Allen & Unwin, Ltd., [1946]
- Contents:
- Who knows what the public wants? / J. Gloag
- The design of dwellings / E.M. Fry
- The living-room and furniture design / G. Russell
- Clothes
- and design / J. Laver
- Design in the kitchen / Elizabeth Denby
- The design of illumination / A.B. Read
- Design in public buildings / R. Atkinson
- The design of the street / F. Pick
- Design in the countryside and the town / E.M. Fry
- The meaning and purpose of design / F. Pick
- Progress and period charts of English design / R. McGrath.
- Notes:
- "Most of the chapters in this book have been based on a series of broadcast discussions on 'Design in modern life' ... They have been rewritten , amplified and subjected to complete revision for the purpose of this book."--Introd.
- "First published in 1934; second impression 1946."
- "A list of books on design": pages 135-142.
- OCLC:
- 1934634
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