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Doctor's Waiting Room

Poster
1959 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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
Object type
TitleDoctor's Waiting Room (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Poster advertising exhibition at Design Centre, London. Issued Council of Industrial Design. UK.
Physical description
Image of sofa part period, part contemporary style. (Upholstered sofa on castors, framed in carved wood/ half modernist blue bench with angular wooden arm rest and metal leg). Diagonal axis dividing poster into olive green and yellow zones, same axis divides the furniture into contrasting styles. Text.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.3cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • DOCTOR'S WAITING/ Room (white on olive green/ olive green on yellow)
  • 2-28 November
  • [black & white logo with central eye]
  • The Design Centre/ 28 Haymarket, London SW1/ Mon. to Sat. 9.30 to 5.30 Wed. & Thurs. to 7pm. Free
  • The Council of Industrial Design
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
Places depicted
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.
Other number
LS.1878 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.724-2004

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Record createdSeptember 27, 2004
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