PP/14/3/1/12 - Must we make the same mistake twice?, Jack Pritchard. Year Book of the Design and Industries Association, 1979

Reference code

PP/14/3/1/12

Level of description

Item

Title

Must we make the same mistake twice?, Jack Pritchard. Year Book of the Design and Industries Association, 1979

Date/s

1979

Quantity & Format

2 sub items Press cuttings

Personal name

Howe, Jack, 1911-
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
Breuer, Marcel
Coates, Wells
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965

Subject

Education -- Europe -- History
Lawn Road Flats
Furniture Development Council
Design and Industries Association
Venesta Ltd
Isokon Furniture Company

Creator

Pritchard, John Craven,

Scope and content

Two reprints of a paper, 8 pp., in which Jack Pritchard "argues that there is a meaningful correlation between the lack of science education and our poor industrial performance in the 20th Century." Jack Howe introduces the paper and gives brief a biography of Jack Pritchard's achievements, including his commissioning of "Le Corbusier to design an exhibition stand for Venesta Ltd; work from Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius for Isokon Ltd; and from Wells Coates for Lawn Road Flats." Mentions he was the director of the Furniture Development Council and is a vice-president of the Design Industries Association. Also lists his honours

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/14 - Papers given to learned bodies [by Jack Pritchard]
  - PP/14/3 - Role of science and industry in modern design
    - PP/14/3/1 - Influence of Art, Science and Research on Design
      - PP/14/3/1/12 - Must we make the same mistake twice?, Jack Pritchard. Year Book of the Design and Industries Association, 1979

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