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Awarded the first premium of £50

Awarded first prize in the entertainment section, C.2 class, other schools, age 16-18

The distinction of Royal Designers for Industry (RDI) was created by the RSA in 1936 to enhance the status of designers in industry and encourage a high standard of industrial design. The distinction is conferred upon 'citizens of the United Kingdom, who have attained eminence in creative design for industry'. Only 100 designers are able to hold the distinction at any one time and it is regarded as the highest honour to be obtained in the United Kingdom in the fields of industrial design. In addition, the RSA confers upon a limited number of distinguished international industrial designers the award of Honorary Royal Designer for Industry (HonRDI).\nThe Faculty of Royal Designer's for Industry was formed in 1938 as the association of RDI's with the object of furthering the excellence of design and its application to industrial purposes. The Faculty's affairs are presided over by a Master who serves for two years, he is assisted by a Deputy Master who is Master Elect.\nNew appointments are made after consideration by the Faculty and a Joint Panel (comprised of the Faculty and the RSA's Council). Appointments are then ratified by the RSA's full Council.\n\nRecords include administrative correspondence and files including some information on members, minutes of committee meetings, printed items and publicity material and photographs\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.

General correspondence to and from the Master of the Faculty, the Secretary and other correspondence has been arranged chronologically.\n\nSubjects include selection and election of members, arrangements for meetings and annual receptions and alterations to bye-laws. Correspondents include Milner Gray, Enid Marx, Barnes Wallace, Wells Coates, Pinin Farina, Robert Gooden, Ashley Havinden

General correspondence to and from the Master of the Faculty, the Secretary and other correspondence has been arranged chronologically.\n\nSubjects include selection and election of members, arrangements for meetings, designs for the cover of the Journal and finance. Correspondents include David Gentleman, Milner Gray, Kenneth Grange, Enid Marx, Hugh Casson, Ronald Searle, Marianne Straub

The coincidence of the RDI's fifieth birthday celebration with Industry Year 1986 provided a unique opportunity to take a thoughtful look at some of the outstanding achievements of British Designers. \n\nThis booklet is a companion volume to the exhibition held at the Victoria & Albert Museum from 26 November 1986- 1 February 1987. The book includes concise biographies of the RDI's and a selection of 100 revealing illustrations of their work.