by Wyndham Goodden , Chief Officer, Scottish Committee of the Council of Industrial Design
Many people are concerned at the low general standard of design in British domestic products, notably furniture. Who, if anyone, is to blame-the manufacturer, the retailer, or the public ? Are there any practicable means of improvement? The speaker believes that even the highest standards in this country are threatened by the continuance of inferior. design in the majority of products, and he analyses the economic and aesthetic questions involved.