United Kingdom

Design, Council of Industrial Design, 085, January 1956

Ken Garland

Magazine / Periodical / Journal

Content includes:
Designing for automation
Pointers
Growing a new industry by John Gray
Hand produced wallpapers
Operational design 7. by Christopher Fones
Clean air and compromise by F. C. Ashford
Adult college transformed
Review of current design
• An industry in print: Furniture by Anthony Adams
• Steel furniture for new markets by L. Bruce Archer
Oversea review – International miscellany

Details

Format Magazine / Periodical / Journal
Designer/s Ken Garland
Year 1956
Client/Publisher Council of Industrial Design
Size 200mm x 265mm

Ken Garland

Ken Garland studied at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts in the 1950s and was taught by Herbert Spencer, Anthony Froshaug and Jesse Collins. Whilst at the School he studied alongside designers Ken Briggs, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes. Explore related designers including FHK Henrion and Herbert Spencer. See also British Modernism, Design magazine, and British graphic design history.

Design (Council of Industrial Design)

Design was published by the Council of Industrial Design from the 1940s until the 1990s. It covers design policy, exhibitions, and products.

Linked Information

Design Format: Magazine / Periodical / Journal
Designed in the: 1950s
Series: Design (Council of Industrial Design)

Design, Council of Industrial Design, 92, January 1956. Cover design by Ken Garland — Design, Council of Industrial Design, 85, January 1956. Cover design by Ken Garland

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