Britain can make it : the 1946 exhibition of modern design / contributing editor Diane Bilbey.

"This publication is a highly visual celebration of the massively popular, but now largely forgotten, Britain Can Make It exhibition. Organised 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 groundb...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: University of Brighton. Design Archives (associated with work.)
V&A Publishing
Other Authors: Bilbey, Diane (Editor)
Parker, Laura
Language:English
Published: London : Paul Holberton Publishing in association with V&A Publishing and The University of Brighton Design Archives, [2019]
Subjects:
Council of Industrial Design (Great Britain) > History > 20th century.
Industrial design > Great Britain > Exhibitions > History > 20th century.
Council of Industrial Design (Great Britain)
Great Britain.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / by Sir Terence Conran
  • Recollections / Raph Bonella
  • Acknowledgements
  • Britain Can Make it at the University of Brighton Design Archives / Lesley Whitworth
  • Britain Can Make it: the dream of the future / Diane Bilbey
  • Britain in 1946 / David Kynsaton
  • The V&A 1939-46 / Katrina Royall
  • Naming the exhibition / Diane Bilbey
  • Ashley Havinden and the Britain Can Make it poster / Margaret Timmers
  • Statistics, statistics / Diane Bilbey
  • What the goods are made of / Diane Bilbey
  • Silverware / Eric Turner
  • Jewellery / Clare Phillips
  • Pottery and glass / Alun Graves
  • Design quiz / Diane Bilbey
  • Dressing the goods : packaging & post-war reconstruction / Paul Rennie
  • Women's fashions / Edwina Ehrman
  • Time for tea / Diane Bilbey
  • Introductory story to the furnished rooms / Diane Bilbey
  • The furnished rooms : rooms made to fit / Alexandra Goddard
  • Displaying art at Britain Can Make It / Diane Bilbey
  • The murals / Diane Bilbey
  • Wallpaper / Gill Saunders
  • Things for children / Catherine Howell
  • Ruled by fashion: Ashley Havinden and the menswear display / Paul Jobbing
  • Great British designers: made in Britain / Jonathan M. Woodham
  • Birth of an eggcup: what industrial design means / Lesley Whitworth
  • Utility and other furniture / Alexandra Goddard
  • Books and printing / Martin Andrews
  • Designers look ahead: the hall of the future / Diane Bilbey
  • Surrealist strategies in exhibition design / Andy Groake
  • Mass observation and Britain Can Make It / Simon Garfield
  • Reflections on Britain Can Make it / Diane Bilbey.