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Britain Can Make It
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Author : Diane Bilbey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Britain Can Make It written by Diane Bilbey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Art categories.
This publication is a highly visual celebration of the massively popular, but now largely forgotten, Britain Can Make It exhibition. Organized by the Council of Industrial Design, it was held in empty ground-floor galleries of the Victoria & Albert Museum, from September to December 1946. A groundbreaking, morale boosting exhibition, it showcased British design and manufacturing. Despite its short run, it boasted an incredible 1.5 million visitors, and remains one of the most visited exhibitions ever held at the V&A. Long before the end of the Second World War hostilities, the government's Post War Export Trade Committee recognized the importance of promoting the country's manufacturing capabilities. Plans for an exhibition of 'National Importance' were set in place in October 1942, for an event that would illuminate the gloom of austerity, educate the public in the value of good design, and most importantly, boost much needed foreign trade. Britain's need to promote, manufacture and export its goods was urgent. The job of organizing the exhibition was given to the Council of Industrial Design on behalf of the government's Board of Trade. From its early planning stages, there was a desire to create an exhibition that was full of color, light and airy, and far removed from the browns and greens of the inter-war years. The exhibition was also intended to work as a public morale boosting exercise and it did, attracting visitors from around the country. Mile-long queues constantly formed outside the V&A. Interviewed in 1984, James Gardner, the designer of the exhibition, commented on the motivation for it: 'We'd got to get British manufacturers to produce well-designed goods quickly and to cheer the British public up. They were so depressed. Give them something to look forward to. You know, this was the dream of the future, if you like.' BCMI was not a trade show. Manufacturers had to put forward their products and only those deemed the best examples were chosen by specialist committees. An accompanying catalog detailing the manufacturers of products (and significantly, wherever possible the names of the designers of each product), could be bought by visitors from one of the bookstalls dotted around the exhibition. The catalog explained when goods would be available for the home and trade markets: 'Now, ' 'Soon' or 'Later.' Most often they were 'Later' for the home market which led to negative comments in the press, such as: 'Britain Can't Have It, ' 'Britons can't buy it, ' and 'Britain Can't Get It.' Products representing key consumer groups, including clothing, leisure, and domestic products were displayed. These were diverse, from pottery and glass, to radios, women's and men's wear, furniture, fabrics, toys, jewelry, boilers, taps, and sporting equipment. The Furnished Rooms section showcased room sets that sought to show how a range of people from different professional groups might live. By taking its structure loosely from the exhibition itself and from the accompanying Design '46 catalog, Britain Can Make It will take the reader through an eclectic range of subject areas and consumer products. The book begins with a discussion of the political climate and economic motivations that led to this exhibition of 'National Importance' taking place, and an overview of the contemporary social context. Additional essays will cover specific aspects of the exhibition itself, including the surrealist design of the exhibition, the art and artists involved, the naming, and the 'Design Quiz.' Most chapters will be in the form of short illustrated essays.
Design And Cultural Politics In Postwar Britain
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Author : Patrick Maguire
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Design And Cultural Politics In Postwar Britain written by Patrick Maguire and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Art categories.
Nine essays and a collection of documents intended as a working tool for students of the post-war period and in particular of design within the period. They discuss the textiles, pottery, and furniture industries in terms of the shifts in meaning and location during the transition from highly controlled wartime production to the more market-based structure that would become characteristic after the immediate reconstruction. Among the specific topics are the place of the exhibition in the history of design; patriotism, politics, and production; adapting utility furniture to peace-time production; and aesthetic idealism and economic reality. Distributed in the US by Books International. The CiP data shows the main title as Popular Politics and Design in Post-War Britain. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Britain Can Make It Exhibition Catalogue
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Author : Council of Industrial Design (Great Britain)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
Britain Can Make It Exhibition Catalogue written by Council of Industrial Design (Great Britain) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Design categories.
Owning The Future
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Author : Chuka Umunna
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2014-08-14
Owning The Future written by Chuka Umunna and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-14 with Political Science categories.
There are huge opportunities for Britain in a world where the global middle class is expected to treble to five billion people in the next two decades. This text brings together leading experts, business leaders, entrepreneurs and politicians with ideas for how Britain can thrive in this context, building an inclusive and broad-based economy. Contributions focus on the changing global context and discuss how government can work with business to generate more balanced and sustainable growth. This discussion focuses on how Britain should prepare for success with the BRIC and MINT economies; the challenge of inclusive growth; how to generate success that enables all to contribute and to achieve their aspirations; the innovation imperative; what Britain must do to remain at the forefront of technological innovation; and re-imagining industrial strategy.
Britain Can Make It
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Britain Can Make It written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Manufacturing industries categories.
Did Britain Make It
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Author : Penny Sparke
language : en
Publisher: Design Books
Release Date : 1986
Did Britain Make It written by Penny Sparke and has been published by Design Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Art categories.
Overzicht van de ontwikkeling in de industriële vormgeving in Engeland met als uitgangspunt de tentoonstelling "Britain Can Mae It" in 1946
Design 46
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
Design 46 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with categories.
Britain Can Take It
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Author : Anthony Aldgate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Britain Can Take It written by Anthony Aldgate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
Charts Britain's reaction to World War II by examining 13 key films produced between 1939 and 1945. Illustrated with stills, the work analyzes each film, drawing from official documentation to explore film as a medium for propaganda. This edition features two new chapters and a filmography.
Designing Modern Britain
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Author : Cheryl Buckley
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2007-10
Designing Modern Britain written by Cheryl Buckley and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10 with Design categories.
Employing numerous examples of classic British design, Designing Modern Britain delves into the history of British design culture, and thereby tracks the evolution of the British national identity.
Life In Post War Britain
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Author : Anton Rippon
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2023-10-12
Life In Post War Britain written by Anton Rippon and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-12 with History categories.
On New Year’s Day 1946, the people of Britain desperately wanted to look forward to a new and better life. The Second World War had ended four months earlier with the formal surrender of Imperial Japan. The war in Europe had been over for eight months. But, upon announcing to Parliament the German surrender, Winston Churchill had told the nation: “Let us not forget the toils and efforts that lie ahead.” In 1946, Clement Attlee, leader of the newly elected Labour Government, underlined Churchill’s words, warning the nation that victory over Nazi Germany and Japan had heralded not a future of plenty – but one of greater austerity. The huge debt left by the war had crippled the British economy. Those who fought in the Great War had been promised a land fit for heroes. That had not happened. After another world war, people now expected a better life than the poverty and hardship that had characterised much of the 1920s and 1930s, and Attlee pledged to end society’s five “Giant Evils” – squalor, ignorance, want, idleness, and disease – and to provide for the people “from the cradle to the grave”. It was going to be far from easy. Life in Post-War Britain: "Toils and Efforts Ahead" tells what it was like to live in Britain as the nation battled to recover while still facing many hardships, including food rationing that, ironically, was to become more severe than that in wartime. This was a unique time in British history and Life in Post-War Britain: “Toils and Efforts Ahead” captures the mood of the nation, examining all the great events of the post-war years and the effect that they had on the everyday life of the people who had won a war but who now faced an uncertain peace both at home and abroad.