Design, Council of Industrial Design, 230, February 1968

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Leader: Out of the lab and into the shop
Fabric survey by Elizabeth Williamson
Switch on, plug in: new electrical accessories by David Davies
Posters from Poland by Barbara Cartlidge
Farmer’s house style by Richard Carr
Page-turning machine What comes after
Carnaby Street ? by Coin Hughes-Stanton
Lebus introduces new techniques in the furniture industry by Peter Varley
Flexibility in an open plan
office building by Jake Brown
Ferry across the Baltic
Products, interiors, events, ideas

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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 230, February 1968. Designed by Alan Aldridge
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