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Administrative correspondence, including a Memorandum and Articles of Association relating to the Association of Societies of Art and Design Limited was established to promote the education of the community by encouraging the understanding, appreciation and development of the arts and design in whatever media expressed. The Association was formed by the five societies representing the related professions of artist and designer namely the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, the Design and Industries Association, the Institute of Landscape Architects, and the Design and Art Directors Association in 1966. The Association was liquidated in 1970.

Bicentenary Medal

Instituted in 1954 as a permanent commemoration of the Society's Bicentenary. Bicentenary Medal is awarded to a person, who, in a manner other than an industrial designer, has exerted exceptional influence in promoting art and design in British industry. The recipient may or may not be a designer, the medal recognises the influence which extends beyond the winner's own design work.\n\nThe Design Advisory Group select a suitable recipient for ratification by the Council's Executive Committee on behalf of the full RSA Council.

Bicentenary medal
RSA/PR/DE/102/19/20 · Item · 1954-1980
Part of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

The obverse shows the heads of Minerva and Mercury, and has been struck from the original die of a medal which the Society first used in 1820. It was designed by William Wyon RA, based on an earlier design by John Flaxman RA. The lettering on the reverse is new and was cut by George T Friend to the design of John R Biggs. The medal is silver gilt