Design in Modern Life
John Gloag on Industrial Design Series

Originally published in 1946, this book is based on a series of broadcast talks on design. Led by an engineer, an artist and critic of architecture and industrial design, the discussions focussed on the problems that were involved by a general application of design to the environment of contemporary life. It surveys the possibilities of design in modern life and the talks have been rewritten, amplified and revised for the purposes of the book.

1. Who Knows What the Public Wants? John Gloag 2. The Design of Dwellings E. Maxwell Fry 3. The Living-Room and Furniture Design Gordon Russell 4. Clothes – And Design James Laver 5. Design in the Kitchen Elizabeth Denby 6. The Design of Illumination A. B. Read 7. Design in Public Buildings Robert Atkinson 8. The Design of the Street Frank Pick 9. Design in the Countryside and the Town E. Maxwell Fry 10. The Meaning and Purpose of Design Frank Pick.