Online Documents

Cover of Design in the Festival magazine showing a flagpole design with British flag and Festival of Britain logo, 1951

Design in the Festival – Illustrated Review of British Goods

Library Catalogue Number: DCA-32-2-1-78. Printed and made in Great Britain by Keliher, Hudson and Kearns Ltd and published by His Majesty’s Stationary Office for the Council of Industrial Design SW1 and the Scottish Committee of the Council, Glasgow.
Front cover of The International Lighting Review Vol. 1950/51 No.6 showing a black and white photograph of the Festival of Britain pylon at night

International Lighting Review Vol. 1950/51 No. 6

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-LJG-2-5-1-2 Published by Stitching Prometheus, The Netherlands.
Front cover of 'Design' magazine, Combined Number 29-30 May-June 1951, showing grey and red based curtain fabrics printed with design inspired by crystal structure diagram

‘Design’, Combined Number 29-30: May-June 1951

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-LJG-2-5-1-2   Published for the Council of Industrial Design by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1951.
Page one of typed text on white paper of the Britain Can Make It travelling exhibition press release from 1951

Festival of Britain 1951 Land Travelling Exhibition press release

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-RHZ-1-1-11-1-1
Britain Can Make It catalogue cover showing a flag post and flag design in yellow, black and green

Britain Can Make It: Exhibition Catalogue (1946)

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-DCA-14A-17

Published for The Council of Industrial Design by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1946.

Content warning: a racially offensive descriptive term, in common usage at the time of the document’s creation, appears in the original, but has been obscured in this digital copy.
Britain Can Make It exhibition catalogue supplement depicting a black and white flag design on a pole on the front cover

Britain Can Make It: Catalogue Supplement (1946)

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-DCA-14A-17

Published for The Council of Industrial Design by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1946.

Content warning: a racially offensive descriptive term, in common usage at the time of the document’s creation, appears in the original, but has been obscured in this digital copy.
Britain Can Make It exhibition catalogue amendments booklet (1946) showing black printed text of amendments on white paper

Britain Can Make It: Catalogue Amendments (1946)

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-DCA-14A-17

Published for The Council of Industrial Design by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1946.

Content warning: a racially offensive descriptive term, in common usage at the time of the document’s creation, appears in the original, but has been obscured in this digital copy.
A cropped version of a green and blue printed front cover of 'Design 46'

Design 46 (1946)

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-DCA-32-2-1-5

Edited by W. H. Newman. Published for The Council of Industrial Design by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1946.

Content warning: a racially offensive descriptive term, in common usage at the time of the document’s creation, appears in the original, but has been obscured in this digital copy.
Image showing the front and back cover of New Home magazine (1946) depicting a colour image of a living room setting in the front cover, and a kitchen setting on the back cover

New Home (1946)

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-DCA-32-2-1-6

Editors: Philip Scholberg and Gwen Ferguson. Drawings by Hugh Casson. Published for The Council of Industrial Design by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1946.

This or That? (1947)

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-DCA-32-2-1-52

By Wyndham Goodden. Illustrated by Barbara Jones. Published for the Scottish Committee of The Council of Industrial Design by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, Edinburgh, 1947.

Image showing the front and back cover of New Home magazine number 2, showing a colour image of an armchair with a tea set, book shelf and floor lamp

New Home: Number 2 (1948)

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-DCA-32-2-1-66

General Editor: M.W. Murdochs. Drawings by Pearl Falconer. Published for The Council of Industrial Design by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1948.

Content warning: a racially offensive descriptive term, in common usage at the time of the document’s creation, appears in the original, but has been obscured in this digital copy.
Image showing the red and white front and back covers of the Commonwealth Institute front and back cover with the white, red and brown logo on the front page

Commonwealth Institute: A handbook describing the work of the Institute and the exhibitions in the galleries (1969)

Catalogue reference: GB-1837-DES-LJG-3-3-1

Designed by London Typographical Designers Limited and printed in England by Benham and Company Limited, Colchester. Published for the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High St, London, W8, 1969.
Image depicting the Pentagram Pyramid versus a Typical Company Pyramid in red, yellow and two shades of blue with the red and green slotted groups for each section of the pyramid colour

The Pentagram Lecture by Alan Fletcher (1976-80)

Vivid visuals created by Alan Fletcher (1931-2006) to describe the relationships, structures and communications that made the design partnership, Pentagram, so distinctive.

Produced by the University of Brighton Design Archives in association with the Alan Fletcher Foundation.