Art and Industry 137, January 1937

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Content includes:
Publicity In Paris 1937: Posing the question Whither Publicity ? Tolmer observes the trend at the Paris Exhibition.
Agency Pioneer: N. W. Ayer & Sons Inc., of Philadelphia, and their progress.
Trends: Advertising and Goodwill Could the Professions Advertise? -The Miniatures- Activity in the Special Areas-Remembering Your Staff.
Small Man’s Car: In 1912 Morris Motors Ltd. were housed in a cycle shop near Oxford, England. In 1924 three thousand cars were
produced in a year : now in 1937 more than that number are delivered in a week.
In Austria, Now- The Work Of Hermann Kosel
Industrial Design: The Otto Stove by Raymond Loewy.
Publicity Burlesque: A selection of the Grey’s Cigarettes press advertisements which have been the cause of some controversy in the advertising world.
Nicolas Bentley
Photography: A review of the Professional Photographers’ Association’s recent exhibition in London.
Film Publicity
Colour:
Two-colour article-Small Man’s Car
Cover design by James Fitton

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Art and Industry 137, January 1937
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Industrial design was an American design magazine featuring furniture, ceramics, housewares, appliances, automobiles, buildings, radios, projectors, televisions, and many other objects designed for the postwar middle class. First published in the 1950s by Charles Whitney with Alvin Lustig as art director.