Design, Council of Industrial Design, 237, September 1968

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Content includes:
New lines for London Transport
Comment: Fine art and industry; disappointing new gallery, consumers defended; railway crossings; hovercraft perform
All set for Mexico 68 by Jake Brown
Return of the weave by Margaret Duckett
Light on lighting by David Davies
The Bauhaus in retrospect by J. M. Richards
Boots’ machine for working in by Alastair Best
Luxury coach facelift by Richard Carr
New signals ahead
Landscaping the computer by Richard Carr
Crane drivers in danger by T. C. White and E. N. Corlett
Projects and developments
Products, interiors, events, ideas
Obituary : John Brinkley; David Pitt

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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 237, September 1968. Cover design by Lance Wyman
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