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One Room Living

Poster
1958 (made)
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.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Designs
Interiors
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleOne 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 createdSeptember 16, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O105397/one-room-living-poster-council-of-industrial/
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