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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 096, December 1956

Content includes
Yule trade
Pointers
Teamwork at London airport by F. Christopher Jones
Art schools and industry
Christmas cards
Review of current design
Showroom for lighting equipment
New designs for street furniture by George Williams
Photo-elasticity for the product designer by L. Bruce Archer and Bohdan f. Zaczek
Better looking universities by Maurice de Sausmarez
furthering good design
Overseas Review
Germany – Large scale design for carpets is influencing British firms
USA – Film credit titles can be a new source of imaginative work
USA – American ability to produce traditional English silver at low cost
shows the need for British silversmiths interested in dollar markets to develop a modern English style
Switzerland – New furniture shows fresh opportunities for plastics mouldings

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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.
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Design, Council of Industrial Design, 96, December 1956. Cover design by Ken Garland
Design, Council of Industrial Design, 96, December 1956. Cover design by Ken Garland
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