Design Council Slide Collection

An excellent source of British design through the decades. "The Design Council Slide Collection has its origins in the Photographic Library set up by the Council of Industrial Design (CoID) in 1945. The CoID had been established by the British government the previous year "to promote by all practicable means the improvement of design in the products of British industry", and to this end it sought to foster a critical awareness of design among manufacturers, retailers and consumers."