Record card
Classification(s):
Record Card
Date: c.1968-1973
Dimensions:
205 × 127 mm (20.5 × 12.7 cm)
Medium: Cardboard
Object number: IA_W7B_1_R
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Place of Production:London, England
Title:Wood Structure and Purpose
DescriptionCirculating Design Scheme record card. The record card captures tour dates and locations, object lists (including stock numbers and descriptions) and supplier information. This record card relates to case number 1, group Wood 7B, from the Wood Structure and Purpose display.
Schools taking part in the Circulating Design Scheme received a record card and a reference photograph for each individual case. Record cards were used to transcribe details of the tour programme and record key exhibit information.
The record card was in use from around 1968 – 1973.
The double sided record card has an instructional label affixed to the reverse.
Schools taking part in the Circulating Design Scheme received a record card and a reference photograph for each individual case. Record cards were used to transcribe details of the tour programme and record key exhibit information.
The record card was in use from around 1968 – 1973.
The double sided record card has an instructional label affixed to the reverse.
ProvenanceThis item was used in the administration and management of the Inner London Education Authority’s (ILEA) ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The Scheme’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’ using a collection of art, design and craft-based objects.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, and 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.
Schools taking part in the Circulating Design Scheme received a reference photograph and a record card for each individual display case. Reference photographs were used as a visual inventory, allowing the contents of each display to be checked. Record cards capture tour dates and locations, object lists (including stock numbers and descriptions) and supplier information. They were used to transcribe details of the tour programme and record key exhibit information. These materials form a smaller body of archive material which enrich understandings of the objects in the collection, and the history of the Scheme itself.
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 in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
The Circulating Design Scheme was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The Scheme’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’ using a collection of art, design and craft-based objects.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, and 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.
Schools taking part in the Circulating Design Scheme received a reference photograph and a record card for each individual display case. Reference photographs were used as a visual inventory, allowing the contents of each display to be checked. Record cards capture tour dates and locations, object lists (including stock numbers and descriptions) and supplier information. They were used to transcribe details of the tour programme and record key exhibit information. These materials form a smaller body of archive material which enrich understandings of the objects in the collection, and the history of the Scheme itself.
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 in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.