BEAUTY AND UTILITY.
HELP TO CO-ORDINATION. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April 22. The council set up in January, 1934, by the Board of Trade to deal with questions affecting relations between art and industry describes in its second annual report, just presented, the ways which it has adopted. These are firstly, education of the consumer in appreciation of design; secondly, training in design of industrial personnel; and, thirdly, the encouragement of good design in manufactures by maknvg it easier for firms to establish contact with skilled designers and by information on current standards of design. The council has been instrumental in the establishment in connection with a number of industries, including textiles and pottery, of committees on which representatives of the industry and of education are co-operating in the preparation of schemes of training. A national register of industrial designers is under consideration. Much, has been done toward education of public taste and making known the standards of good design to manufacturers by means of exhibitions of industrial art.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 123, 24 April 1936, Page 9
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