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John Sewell

Design, Council of Industrial Design, 117, September 1958

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Content includes:
The nations displayed by Misha Black
Deciding what to buy by Dorothy Meade
Personal enterprise by Geoffrey Salmon
All the glitters … by Peter E. M. Sharp
Mr Punch changes front by Peter Kneebone
Power tool for amateurs by J. Beresford-Evans

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: John Sewell
  • Year: 1958
  • Client/Publisher: Council of Industrial Design
  • Size: 200mm x 265mm

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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 117, September 1958. Cover design by John Sewell
Design, Council of Industrial Design, 117, September 1958. Cover design by John Sewell
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