Design and Cultural Politics in Postwar Britain - Britain Can Make it Exhibition of 1946 (Paperback)

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Britain Can Make It (BCMI) exhibition, this collection of essays, documents and commentaries is a re-examination of a major design initiative in the immediate post-war period. BCMI encapsulated many of the problems which the newly-founded Council of Industrial Design was to face over the following decades: the tensions between a state-funded body, with its metropolitan bias, and British manufacturing industry located in the industrial regions; persuading the public that "good" modern design had a key role in everyday life; and the manifestation of a particular set of social and cultural values in the selection of exhibits and the means of design propaganda. The book draws on the documentary sources in the Design Council Archive.

General

Imprint:	Leicester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	1998
First published:	April 1998
Editors:	Patrick Joseph Maguire • Jonathan M. Woodham
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-7185-0141-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	0-7185-0141-1
Barcode:	9780718501419

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