Award-winning British Design: 1957-1988 (Paperback)
V&A
ISBN: 9781851776733
Publication date: 05 Mar 2012
Author: Crowther, Lily
In 1957 the UK Design Centre launched the first annual Designs of the
Year Awards to identify and promote the very best of British design. For
the next 30 years, the awards celebrated designed objects in all forms,
from the domestic - cutlery, glassware, textiles and furniture - to the
communal - street lights, signage and public seating - and everything
in between, including fitted kitchens, schooners, bicycles and
electronics. This beautifully designed book introduces and illustrates
the quirky breadth of the awards. Iconic objects by Robin and Lucienne
Day, Kenneth Grange and David Mellor sit alongside such retro classics
as the Barbican basin, the ZX81 personal computer and Globoot wellies.