Design, Council of Industrial Design, 239, November 1968

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Content includes:
Leader: The case for a national design council by Sir Paul Reilly
Domestic accidents; Queen Mary interiors; unperishable rubbish; the Seen exhibition; jokes v gimmicks
Diary, News, People
Perspex and the transparent look by Alastair Best
Building is child’s play by Ilse Gray
A case for travel by Peter Thompson and lIse Gray
Pottery as sculpture by Jeremy Fisher
Pup, up and away by Richard Carr
Design in the business hierarchy by Lord Brown
Environment of the machine aesthetic by Reyner Banham
Curtain up at York by Jake Brown
Chairs on wheels
Turning to perfection by Richard Carr
Milling for mass production by Glyn Price
Projects and developments
Products, interiors, events, ideas
Obituary : E. C. Gomme; Chester F. Carlson

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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 239, November 1968. Cover design by Stephen Dwoskin
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