Design, Council of Industrial Design, 212, August 1966

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Content includes:
A concerted approach to design education in schools
Behind the scene by Ken and Kate Baynes
Rationalised control gear for bigger markets by E. Glyn Price
Design methods compared – 1 : Strategies by J. Christopher Jones
Australia opens its second design centre by F. R. Harvey
A battle between appearance, practicality and cost Sir Geoffrey Crowther interviewed by David Wainwright
Typesetting by computer – a new challenge to graphic designers by Roy Brewer
Open plan approach goes to sea by Robert Spark
Products, interiors, events, ideas

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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 212, August 1966. Cover design by Michael Wolff
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