The Design Section exists to promote the importance of design and encourages a high standard within it. The Design Section's governing body acts as an advisor to the RSA's Programme Committee, is a source of ideas for RSA future programme, reviews current design projects, and evaluates the quality of the RSA Programme work in design. \n\nDesign administers/administered the following projects and initiatives: Student Design Awards, successor of the Design Bursaries Competition; Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry; Bicentenary Medal; New Design for old/Design for Ageing Network; Young Designers into Industry Scheme; Medic Design Awards; Presidential Award for Design Management; and various other competitions such as the competition for a drinking fountain design and 'Youth looks at Britain' Poster Competition.
Minutes, agendas and working papers. 7 October 1992-11 April 2002 (signed and indexed).\n\nThe role of the Committee is to advise the Council on the activities which should be undertaken by the RSA in relation to the newly developed Statement of Purpose for each of the RSA's five areas of activity: design, education, environment, manufactures and commerce, and arts. The Committee makes recommendations as to other aspects to be investigated for possible new Design Section activities and other design-related activities which might be considered by any of the other RSA Committees.\n\nRegular links with the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry will be maintained through its two representatives on the Design Committee. \n
Design at Work was an exhibition held at the Royal Academy in association with the Council of Industrial Design. It ran from 4 October to 5 December 1948. The Exhibition was described as' An introduction to the industrial designer, with a study of his methods of working and the position he holds in British Industry today' \n\nIncludes correspondence about administrative and financial arrangements, agreements with Royal Academy, display of items (including plans and layouts of exhibition spaces), ticket sales, comments and complaints, correspondence with Patron and other royalty. Also press cuttings, copies of catalogue and general publicity.
Minutes, agendas and working papers. 25 March 1986 - 7 December 1988.\n\nThe name change from the Design Bursaries Board to the Design Board, suggested by the Futures Working Party, acknowlegded the broadening of the Board's work. Membership of the Board represents all activities of the Design Section and includes representatives from the Futures Working Party, Young Designers for Industry Working Party, Medic Design Award, Design Council, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry, and Design Education. The existing Futures Working Party assumed the function of an executive committee in relation to the Design Bursaries Competition dealing with all relevant detailed matters. Each group with a responsibility for a particular aspect of the Design section's work would in the future report back to the Design Board once a year.
Minutes, agendas and working papers. 16 June 1982 - 31 October 1985.\n\nThis committee is responsible for all aspects of the competition including its finance and development as well as reporting on it.
From left to right: Mr John Butcher, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry with three representatives of Lloyds Bank: Miss Grace Waterman, Sub-Manager of Public Relations, Mr R. J. Medlam, Joint General Manager, and Mr Brain Jones, Assistant Head of Public Relations.
Includes special reports on the project, exhibition catalogues and general publicity, posters, entry forms and calls for entry, 'Seventy Five Years of Excellence' (a commemorative review of the scheme published in 1999)
Includes special reports on the project, exhibition catalogues and general publicity, posters, entry forms and calls for entry
Correspondence and working papers relating to the funding of the Design Busaries Competition. Also correspondence about developing Anglo-American relations via the Design Management Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Minutes, agendas and working papers. 10 April 1989 - 2 December 1991.\n\nThe role of the Committee is to advise the Council on the activities which should be undertaken by the RSA in relation to the newly developed Statement of Purpose for each of the RSA's five areas of activity: design, education, environment, manufactures and commerce, and arts. The Committee makes recommendations as to other aspects to be investigated for possible new Design Section activities and other design-related activities which might be considered by any of the other RSA Committees.\n\nRegular links with the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry will be maintained through its two representatives on the Design Committee. \n
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