Mobile

Classification(s):
Metal
Date: c.1951-1976
Designer: Torben Ørskov & Co (Danish, founded 1953)
Medium: Metal, paper, cardboard.
Object number: M228B
Place of Production:Denmark
Title:Windmill
Description'Windmill' mobile designed by Torben Ørskov and manufactured by Torben Ørskov & Co, made in Denmark. The mobile has metal arms with colourful circular discs made of paper. The original box and product information label has survived, the box is in a poor condition.
ProvenanceThe collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.

The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.

The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.

COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.

After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.

The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts.

ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.