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Description: | The 'Design In British Goods' exhibition of 1932 at Charing Cross (now Embankment) Underground station displayed crockery, glassware and shoes.
A sign is shown advertising the Design and Industries Association (D.I.A.) which, from its beginnings in 1915, aimed to promote good British design. The D.I.A. wanted to escape from the stylistic legacy of the Victorians and change how British culture looked.
The D.I.A. followed many of the teachings of the Arts & Crafts movement, although it knew that machine-based industry must be central to its thinking. This meant that function rather than ornament was important. This is what Pick, president of the D.I.A. in 1931, called 'fitness for purpose'. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Leisure Work Art and Design | Temporal: | 2 Apr 1932 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Photographer : Topical Press | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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