All things Bright & Beautiful

“This is the story of how British, against all the odds, became design-conscious; the ironic, admirable and fascinating history of British design from the Crystal Palace onwards. It begins with the 1830s, when people first began to realize that British standards were abysmal, and takes us up to the present day, with our government-supported Council of Industrial Design, our design-school system which is the envy of the rest of Europe, and the high level of design appreciation among the general public.”