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Description: | NEWS COURSES Copper plated ? A one day symposium on Copper in Modern Building is to be held by the Copper Development Association at the Birmingham Engineering and Building Centre on February 18. Papers will include Prefabricated Plumbing by Donald Rudd, Copper Metals in Contemporary European Architecture by Dr O. H. C. Messner (of Switzerland) and Copper in Architecture and Industrial Design by A. C. McNab. Details are available from S. C. Brander, Copper Development Association, 55 South Audley Street, London W1. Plastic day Plastics from Design to Sale is the title of a one day symposium to be held at the Kensington Palace Hotel, London, on February 24. Papers include The Economics of Product Design by A. B. Merriam, and The Economics of Materials Selection and Conversion for Engineering Purposes by H. J. Sharp. The full programme is available from the secretary, The Plastics Institute, 6 Mandeville Place, London W1. September in Birmingham The design and innovation group of the Birmingham College of Advanced Technology is to hold a symposium on Design Method in September. The symposium will discuss the aims, practice and organisation of design as it relates to engineers and designers in all fields, and suggested sections for papers include The Design Process, Human Studies and Needs, Techniques, Practical Problems and Design Management. Potential contributors are invited to contact C. H. Buck, Design and Innovation Group, College of Advanced Technology, Gosta Green, Birmingham 4. Fundamentals The department of work study and staff training of the Engineering Employers' West of England Association is holding a three-week course in Bristol on Fundamental Design Method from February 15-March 5, during which students will make a study of the design process as a whole, and will practise methods of analysis and synthesis on their own design projects. The department is also organising a one day conference on the same subject on February 4, which is intended for technical directors and design executives. Details of both projects are available from G. P. Wade, Engineers' House, The Promenade, Clifton Down, Bristol 8. PUBLICATIONS Consuming interest The seventh publication in the series Essays and Enquiries deals with consumer education, and is published by the Research Institute for Consumer Affairs in association with the National Institute of Adult Education. The continued on page 69 pamphlet aims both to clarify the nature and objects of consumer education and to strengthen the practice of it in Britain by describing and commenting on some of the educational aids that are available. Contributors include Sydney Foott, education officer of the ColD, Olwen Francis, editor of Home Economics, Rosemary McRobert, senior information officer of the Consumer Council, Edith Rudinger, chief correspondent of the Consumers' Association, Moira Swift, principal lecturer at the Philippa Fawcett Training College, and James Noel White, deputy director of the ColD. Consumer Education - Conceptions and Resources is available, price 4s 6d, from the Research Institute for Consumer Affairs, 21 John Adam Street, London WC2. Light touch A report on hotel lighting has been prepared by a joint committee of the British Lighting Council and the British Hotels and Restaurants Association, and is intended to assist the hotelier and restauranteur to choose appropriate standards and methods of lighting. Room by room guidance is given, and the report is liberally illustrated with photographs and drawings. It is available, price 2s 6d post free, from the British Lighting Council, 16 Lancaster Place, London WC2, and the British Hotels and Restaurants Association, 88 Brook Street, London W1. Catalogue Copies of Contract Furniture from Design Index, the ColD's guide for institutional buyers, are available price £11 s each (post paid) from Fergus Watson, ColD, 28 Haymarket, London SW1. Chefs-d'oeuvre The ColD booklet Three Kitchens - Planning Notes, which was published as an adjunct to the recent kitchen exhibition in the Design Centre, includes notes on basic kitchen planning, a summary of the BSI recommendations for working heights (taken from BS3705) and drawings of and notes on the three kitchen layouts included in the exhibition. Copies are available, price 1s 6d, from the ColD, 28 Haymarket, London SW1. Typography and 007 Typographica 10, published last December, contains an article on newspaper seals by Allen Hutt, a survey of the development of the compass rose by W. E. May, The Emergence of the Printer's Stock Block by Charles Hasler, and a description by Robert Brownjohn of his of month preceding date of issue | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Editorial | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8289... | Go to resource |
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