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The Council of Industrial Design

The Council of Industrial Design

c.1946
A restrained yellow letterpress brochure cover announcing the Council of Industrial Design, made to present and promote a new public body for guiding British industrial design.
A flat, warm yellow field interrupted by evenly spaced, classical serif lettering in black and a small royal crest at the top, whose calm hierarchy and precise spacing feel both official and quietly modern.
Dating to about 1946, it reflects the postwar move to place design at the center of national reconstruction—helping to professionalize industrial design, influence everyday manufactured goods, and promote typographic clarity in public communications.
Medium
Letterpress
Dimensions
8 1/8 x 6 1/4" (20.6 x 15.9 cm)
Classification
Credit
Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Accession
1041.1999
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Art Terms
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