Design books reviewed Posts
Back in the USSR
As a centenary show at the Royal Academy of Art revives British interest in the design output of Russia after 1917, this review of SO Khan-Magomedov, Rodchenko: the complete work (Thames and Hudson, 1986) looks at one of the founding fathers of Soviet design
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Fragile days of revolution
As a centenary show at the Royal Academy of Art revives British interest in the design output of Russia after 1917, this review of Nina Lobanov‑Rostovsky, Revolutionary ceramics: Soviet porcelain 1917‑1927 (Studio Vista, 1990) highlights the contribution made by potters
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The American Design Adventure
Mark Twain once said that the only thing Americans really had in common with one another was a fondness for iced water.
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The graphics of China
Chinese graphic design in the twentieth century, by Scott Minick and Jiao Ping, Thames & Hudson, 1990
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The culture of time and space
Review of Stephen Kern, The culture of time and space 1880-1918, and David Landes Revolution in time: clocks and the making of the modern world
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Tayloring People for Production
‘The analysis of a piece of work into its elements almost always reveals the fact that many of the conditions surrounding and accompanying work are defective. Knowledge so obtained leads frequently to constructive work of a higher order, to the standardization of tools and conditions, to the invention of superior methods and machines.’
Frederick Taylor, The present state-of-the-art of industrial management, 1912
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#IOPC IN THE NEWS AGAIN. Pix: DG Rachel Watson; Acting Deputy DG Kathie Cashell;
Amanda Rowe and Steve Noonann, both Acting Directors, Operations.
That's a lot of acting! No wonder the IOPC's report never saw the light of day.
Are we a bit flaccid, perhaps?
A dubious editorial decision by the Daily Mail that risks glorifying one of the most evil men in history. Who cares about his air fryer recipes?