DOI Heft:
No. 329 (August 1920)
DOI Artikel:The British Institute of Industrial Arts
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21401#0025
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ART
EBONY CABINET DESIGNED
(AFTER THE LATE E. W.
GIMSON) AND EXECUTED
BY P. WAALS
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF
INDUSTRIAL ART. 000
THIS Institute came into existence
early in 1919 at the instance of two
Government departments—the Board of
Education and the Board of Trade—and
its constitution and its aims, both present
and prospective, were briefly outlined in
an article which appeared in this magazine
shortly after the inauguration of the
Institute (see our issue of May, 1919, p.
134). In the person of Major Longden,
D.S.O., it was fortunate in having as its
first Director a man of energy and re-
source, and one thoroughly in sympathy
with the objects for which the Institute
was founded ; and if it fails to realise
the expectations aroused by its initial
programme, the fault will, we are sure,
not rest with him. 0000
Briefly stated, the primary purpose for
which the Institute has been established
is to secure for art full recognition in the
new order of things and especially to
foster a closer alliance between art and
industry than has hitherto existed. A
concerted effort of this kind is long over-
due with us. It is true that in recent
years nsw organizations have been formed
in this country for the purpose of bringing
art to bear upon various aspects of every-
day life. There is the Civic Arts
Association, mainly concerned with public
or quasi-public projects; the Arts
League of Service, with a programme
not restricted to plastic art; and the
Design and Industries Association, which
as embracing both designers and pro-
ducers more nearly approximates to
Germany's " Werkbund," though it has
not yet assumed such extensive pro-
portions. The " Werkbund " was started
in 1906 for the purpose of advancing the
quality of German industrial productions
by the co-operation of artists, manu-
facturers and others, and an account of
its scope and operations was given in
DRESSING TABLE IN RED
AND BLACK, DESIGNED AND
EXECUTED BY THE COLOUR-
CRAFT COMPANY
9
EBONY CABINET DESIGNED
(AFTER THE LATE E. W.
GIMSON) AND EXECUTED
BY P. WAALS
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF
INDUSTRIAL ART. 000
THIS Institute came into existence
early in 1919 at the instance of two
Government departments—the Board of
Education and the Board of Trade—and
its constitution and its aims, both present
and prospective, were briefly outlined in
an article which appeared in this magazine
shortly after the inauguration of the
Institute (see our issue of May, 1919, p.
134). In the person of Major Longden,
D.S.O., it was fortunate in having as its
first Director a man of energy and re-
source, and one thoroughly in sympathy
with the objects for which the Institute
was founded ; and if it fails to realise
the expectations aroused by its initial
programme, the fault will, we are sure,
not rest with him. 0000
Briefly stated, the primary purpose for
which the Institute has been established
is to secure for art full recognition in the
new order of things and especially to
foster a closer alliance between art and
industry than has hitherto existed. A
concerted effort of this kind is long over-
due with us. It is true that in recent
years nsw organizations have been formed
in this country for the purpose of bringing
art to bear upon various aspects of every-
day life. There is the Civic Arts
Association, mainly concerned with public
or quasi-public projects; the Arts
League of Service, with a programme
not restricted to plastic art; and the
Design and Industries Association, which
as embracing both designers and pro-
ducers more nearly approximates to
Germany's " Werkbund," though it has
not yet assumed such extensive pro-
portions. The " Werkbund " was started
in 1906 for the purpose of advancing the
quality of German industrial productions
by the co-operation of artists, manu-
facturers and others, and an account of
its scope and operations was given in
DRESSING TABLE IN RED
AND BLACK, DESIGNED AND
EXECUTED BY THE COLOUR-
CRAFT COMPANY
9