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Eleanor Herring's unique study of street furniture in post-war Britain considers how objects which are now familiar parts of our urban environment were designed to populate public spaces. Herring explores the design of lampposts, post boxes, parking meters, and signage in the context of a government backed by various bodies keen to propagate 'good' modern design, in a Britain whose towns and cities had been laid waste by bombing and the privations of war. She also considers the innate conservatism of local communities and councils, wary of a standardised street design imposed from above. She traces how the design of street furniture became the site of a fierce struggle which exposed deep-seated anxieties about class, taste and power. Herring's original research draws on archival material and on interviews with leading figures in urban design, including graphic designer Margaret Calvert and industrial designer Kenneth Grange. ** Review [Herring] has done an enormous amount of research to uncover the story of objects that most of us walk past without a second glance. ... [A] fascinating book. The Glasgow Herald The book includes a useful select bibliography, is appealingly designed a

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Author

Eleanor Herring

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474245548

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Architecture, Design