One Room Living

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Artist/Maker	Council of Industrial Design (issued by)
Place of origin	United Kingdom (made)

The Council of Industrial Design was formed in 1944 by the British government "to promote by all practicable means the improvement of design in the products of British industry." It was redesignated as the Design Council in 1972 and continues to operate today. The Council's brief of design promotion includes organising exhibitions such as the one advertised in this poster and publishing related material.

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Categories	Prints Designs Interiors Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	One Room Living (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Paper and ink Paper Ink
Brief description	Poster advertising a Council of Industrial Design exhibition, UK, 1958.
Physical description	Red, black and purple geometric shapes on a white background.
Dimensions	Height: 75.8cm Width: 50.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	ONE/ ROOM/ LIVING/ October 6th to November 1st (black, sans serif (upper right)) Council of Industrial Design (black on purple) Admission Free/ Mondays to Saturdays/ 9.30 to 5.30/ Weds & Thurs 7 pm (In left-hand box, upper middle of poster) The/ Design/ Centre/ Exhibition of well designed goods/ 28 Haymarket, London SW1 (botttom right, in bold serif) Design Centre logo in white on black
Credit line	Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subject depicted	Design
Place depicted	London
Summary	The Council of Industrial Design was formed in 1944 by the British government "to promote by all practicable means the improvement of design in the products of British industry." It was redesignated as the Design Council in 1972 and continues to operate today. The Council's brief of design promotion includes organising exhibitions such as the one advertised in this poster and publishing related material.
Bibliographic reference	'One Room Living' by Sue Rowlands. London: Design Council. 1977.
Other number	LS.1909 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.745-2004

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Record created	September 16, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O105397/one-room-living-poster-council-of-industrial/

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