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1944
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The
Design Council
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Council of Industrial Design (later the Design Council) and its Scottish
Committee was set up in the closing years of the war by the President
of the Board of Trade, Rt Hon Hugh Dalton. Its purpose was 'to promote
by all practicable means the improvement of design in the products
of British industry' |
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| D-Day
Normandy landings began a new phase of World War II |
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Liberation
of Paris by the Allies |
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V-1,
the first jet-powered flying bomb, was developed in Germany
Prefab housing, built to solve the shortage of homes caused by bombing
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The
board game Cluedo was devised |
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1945
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Hitler committed suicide
Mussolini was executed
Germany surrendered |
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by atom bombs. Japan surrendered
Labour won British election. Clement Atlee became Prime Minister |
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The atomic bomb was dropped for the first time
The first pair of Doc Martens shoes, made by a German doctor out of
old tyres |
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Tupperware
boxes first manufactured |
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One answer to
material shortages: the bikini swimsuit
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1946
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The
Design Council
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Council of Industrial Design's (CoID) first exhibition 'Britain Can
Make It' held at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Heralding a new era
of post-war social and industrial renewal, 1.5 million visitors saw
the products of 1,300 firms. All 5,000 exhibits were specially selected
by Council of Industrial Design committees to stimulate interest and
awareness of design in both the public and British manufacturers.
CoID film starring Joyce Grenfell advocated good design in household
furniture such as tables and wardrobes. |
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| What
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Nations was founded in New York and banned the atom bomb |
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Nazi criminals
tried at Nuremberg
'Iron Curtain'
declared across Europe
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The world's
first electronic digital computer, weighing 30 tons and filling
a large room, developed
The Vespa scooter,
a vital accessory in the 1950s designed by Corriadino d'Ascando
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Bikini swimsuit,
a new daring design created
First expresso
coffee machine, developed by Gaggia
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A Bush TV22
television from the late 1940s
A dressing table,
designed by A Heal in 1947
Battery-powered
bicycle design, featured in Britain Can Make it
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1947
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British rule ended in India and thousands died in civil unrest
America promised financial aid to Europe in the Marshall Plan
Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten |
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Norwegian scientist Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Pacific on the balsa-wood
Kon Tiki
British rule ended in Palestine |
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was new? |
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V-1,
the first jet-powered flying bomb, was developed in Germany
Transistor invented in the United States
Christian Dior's New Look for women, a return to flamboyance from
wartime simplicity
Polaroid Land camera invented by Edwin Land, promising instant photography
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First commercial Xerox copying machine
Bell X-1 was the first airliner to exceed the speed of sound
Subbuteo, the table football game was devised |
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1948
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The state of
Israel was born
Gandhi was assassinated Prince Charles was born
National Health Service was launched by Aneurin Bevan
National Service
was introduced for young men
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Russia blockaded West Berlin, leading to the Anglo-American airlift
Olympic Games began again after a 12-year gap and were held in London
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The first Frisbee was thrown
The first Polo mint was crunched
Long-playing records developed in the USA |
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Airfix produced its first model Scrabble, the world's most popular
game, was devised |
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The Comet, the first jet-powered airliner, took flight in 1949
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1949
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The first issue
of DESIGN magazine was launched to inform professional designers,
managers, buyers and educationalists of the most up-to-date developments
in design. |
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Nationalists established apartheid in South Africa
Mao's Communists won the civil war in China |
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George Orwell's 1984 was published
Clothes rationing ended |
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The first commercial jet-powered airliner was developed, the de Havilland
Comet
Key starting for cars was introduced |
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The
telephone answering machine, originally known as the Electronic Secretary,
was developed |
