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Ken Garland - British Graphic Designer

Design, Council of Industrial Design, 116, August 1958

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Content includes:
The not so hot tin box
Gatwick airport by Stephen Garrett by Design analysis 9: domestic refrigerator
L. Bruce Archer and J. Beresford-Evans
Human error and accidents
Review of current design
Future for Irish linen by Dan Johnston
The simple cantilever by L. Bruce Archer
Communication techniques by Peter E. M. Sharp
Overseas review
New products at Brussels by John E. Blake
Design protection in the proposed European Free Trade Area

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Ken Garland
  • Year: 1958
  • Client/Publisher: Council of Industrial Design
  • Size: 200mm x 265mm
Ken Garland studied at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts in the 1950s and was taught by Herbert Spencer, Anthony Froshaug and Jesse Collins. Whilst at the School he studied alongside designers Ken Briggs, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes.

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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 116, August 1958. Cover design by Ken Garland
Design, Council of Industrial Design, 116, August 1958. Cover design by Ken Garland
Ken Garland studied at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts in the 1950s and was taught by Herbert Spencer, Anthony Froshaug and Jesse Collins. Whilst at the School he studied alongside designers Ken Briggs, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes.
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