The D.I.A. was asked to co-operate with the B.B.C. in arranging a series of broadcast talks on Design, and the following is the list of talks, which take the form of discussions. The first talk will be in the nature of an introductory discussion, and the last will be a final summing up by Mr. Frank Pick, President of the Association for 1933.
Broadcast on Tuesdays, 18th April to 27th June, 1933
National Programme 8-30 p.m. to g p.m.
18th April John Gloag, G. M. Boumphrey and Edward Halliday Introductory
25th April James Laver and Edward Halliday Clothes
2nd May Gordon Russell and Edward Halliday The Living Room and its Furniture
9th May Francis Meynell and Edward Halliday The Printed Word
16th May Elizabeth Denby and G. M. Boumphrey The Kitchen
23rd May Wells Coates and G. M. Boumphrey Dwellings
30th May A. B. Read and G. M. Boumphrey Light
6th June Frank Pick and John Gloag The Street
13th June Robert Atkinson and John Gloag. Public Buildings
20th June Maxwell Fry and John Gloag Countryside and Town
27 th June Frank Pick Meaning and Importance of Design
In connection with these talks several wireless discussion groups are arranging special meetings and co-operating with local art galleries and museums. The D.I.A. has arranged to put at the disposal of curators exhibitions of photographs to form a nucleus of more comprehensive exhibits of actual objects, and also lantern slides for illustrating lectures. Any requiring information under this head should at once get into touch with the Secretary of the D.I.A., 6 Queen Square, London, W.C. 1, as the material available is limited. The D.I.A. has arranged to make a special exhibition of enlarged photographs at Charing Cross Underground Station, by kind permission of the Underground Railways. This will be on view from 11th April to 21 st April only. It is also hoped that the Victoria and Albert Museum will be making small special exhibits week by week in collaboration with the B.B.C.
The B.B.C. has published a special Talks Pamphlet entitled “Design in Modern Life” (6d.), edited by Noel Carrington, with full synopses of the Talks, with suggestions for pursuing the subject by visits and reading. A feature of the pamphlet is a 32 page supplement of illustrations, forming excellent educational material.
The talks themselves will be printed in the Listener week by week and more amply illustrated than is possible in the pamphlet.
