In 1973 the Burton Group introduced a series of awards which were designed to examine and improve the effectiveness of the designer's role in industry. These awards were administered variously by the RSA, the Design Council, The Royal College of Arts and the Society of industrial Artists and Designers with funds provided by the Burton Group.\n\nPart 1: The Burton Group Design Award Report for the Royal Society of Arts. \n ''The Needs of the Manufacturing Sector in their Expectations of Industrial\n Designers' by John Collins, June 1978\n\nPart 2: Burton Award project 1978-1979 was administered by the RSA in conjunction\n with the University of Bath. Research was undertaken by Jay Doblin and\n focussed on what should be done to improve the standard of buying and thereby\n design, particularly in education and training. Administrative correspondence.\n
The Photographic section was an addition to the Design Bursaries in 1980/81. The award was given specifically for colour and was offered at a considerably increased value. The competition was sponsored by Kodak.\n\nAdministrative correspondence which includes a report on the 1980/81 candidates.
Includes applications for awards and a few samples of essays written in support of claims.
Information taken originally from published reports of the scheme were weeded from this file.\n\nFile consists of background information on the origins of the scheme and a list of the scheme's highlights.
Won the Bally Travel Award worth £1000 in the 'Footwear' section. Travelled to Japan in 1986. Winner of the Jacobs Memorial Award Certificate. Photocopy of original report.
Won a Travel Award worth £500 in the 'Healthcare' section. Travelled to China via Hong Kong and Russia. Photocopy of original report.
Won the Walter Wheeler Award worth £1500. Spent two months working with Pitney Bowes Ltd in their Corporate Industrial Design Department in Connecticut followed by one month travel in America. Photocopy of original report.
Won a Travel Award worth £300 and £250 work of De Beers diamonds in the 'Jewellery' section.Travelled to Vienna from 6 - 20 April 1986. Photocopy of original report.
Won a Travel Award worth £450 in the 'Fashion' section. Travelled to France. Photocopy of original report.
Won a Travel Award worth £650 in the 'Postage Stamp' section.Spent two weeks in New York from 16 - 31 July 1985. This report is a copy of her dissertation for a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design at Manchester Polytechnic. Photocopy of original report.
Won the Allied International Designers Attachment Award worth £300, a Travel Award worth £300 and one week's work experience in the House of Frazer in the 'New Concept Development' section. Worked with House of Frazer and Allied International Designers from 15 July-9 August 1985. Photocopy of original report.
Won a Travel Award worth £1500 and the Pitney Bowes Attachment Award in the 'Office/Business Equipment' section. Worked with Pitney Bowes' Design Department in Connecticut from 21 February - 17 April 1987 and then travelled in America from 18 April - 13 May 1987. Photocopy of original report.
Won the Pifco Attachment Award worth £640 in the 'Small Electrical Products' section. Worked with Provincial Incandescent Fittings Company (PIFCO). Photocopy of original report.
Won The Creative Circle Attachment Award in the 'Graphic Design' section. Spent from 21 April - 9 October working in advertising with Broad Street Advertising, Self Direct, McCann Ericson and Lowe Howard-Spink. Photocopy of original report.
Won the John Lewis Attachment Award worth £1940 in the 'Interior Design' section. Spent six months working with John Lewis. Includes pages 40 - 44 of report on ceramics in Barcelona the rest of which is missing. Photocopy of original report.
Won the Dartington Crystal Attachment Award in the 'Furniture' section.Worked with Staverton Joinery. Photocopy of original report.
Won prizes in the SDA in both 1987/88 and 1988/89. In 1987/88 he was awarded a Sony Travel Award worth £500 under the design of a telephone and answerphone combination brief in the 'Office and Domestic Equipment' section. In 1988/89, on a team with David Tonge, he won a 'Walter Wheeler Attachment Award' worth £1500 under the 'Intelligent ATM' brief in the 'Communications & Information Technology' sector. Combined both awards and worked with Pitney Bowes in Connecticut and travelled in the US.
Won the Ford Interiors Attachment Award in the 'Furnishing Textiles' section. Worked with the Ford Motor Company in Essex from 26 September 1988 - 6 January 1989. Photocopy of original report.
Won the Seekers Attachment Award in the 'Furnishing Textiles' section. Spent ten weeks working with Seekers Fabrics Ltd.
Won a Travel Award worth £900 under the 'Fox Talbot Commemorative' brief in the 'Postage Stamps' section. Travelled to Japan. Photocopy of original report.