Design Magazine n. 346 October 1977

Contents

Cover Clarks' shoe display units by Pentagram. Photograph by Kokon Chung
Leader and News/Comment
Technical developments
Things seen
Showcase for a fighting group
Why a royal charter?
Schools design grows stronger against the odds
At last, the quiet dependable double-decker
Aspen conference: it could happen here
The tv probe - hurts a bit but does you good
Gently with the small trader
Don't shoot me, I'm only the manufacturer when you manufacture most of the stock in any one shop, but do not own the shops themselves, your image and their images can become dangerously confused. Jacquey Visick shows how shoe manufacturer C & J Clark chose to emphasise the distinction. Photographs by Kokon Chung
Hydrostatic drive: bend it to suit hydrostatic drive is a supremely flexible technology, both literally and figuratively. If microcomputers (DESIGN 345/53) represent the control echnology of the future, hydrostatics promise to supply the driving principle. Euan Barty discusses hydrostatic development from the National Engineering Laboratory
Degree Show 77 this year, every college in the UK with an honours course in graphics, three-dimensional or fabric design was invited to select and photograph its own choice of degree show work. This revealing glimpse of graduate design standards throughout the nation will be completed in the following issue
For sale: advanced design, tested and ready to run architect/product designer Emilio Ambasz describes a design-and-prototyping enterprise which 'guarantees' the commercial performance of risk-loaded design work. His idiosyncratic account is effectively a conversation with himself
Can a retailer's pressure group call the tune? as designer, Emilio Ambasz assumes part of the manufacturer's responsibility and therefore part of the authority (se previous feature). As customer, the Green Group in Britain also assumes part of that responsibility and authority - or at least, it has given itself the opportunity to do so. But why has this 40-year-old furniture buying consortium not taken the chance to commission its own exclusive pieces? Jacquey Visick reports
Project
Interiors
Books
Diary
Other contributors Pauline Oakley, Catherine Forrester

Note alle condizioni del volume
Usato buone condizioni, segni di uso e del tempo. (T-CA)

Autore/i Edited by John E. Blake
Editore Design Council Luogo London
Anno 1977 Pagine 76- XVI
Dimensioni 21x30 (cm) Illustrazioni ill. a colori e b/n n.t. - colors and b/w ills
Legatura bross. ill. a colori - paperback Conservazione usato buone condizioni - used good
Lingua Inglese - English text Peso 500 (gr)
ISBN N/D - N/A EAN-13 N/D - N/A