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From Atoms to Patterns
Crystal Structure Designs from the 1951 Festival of Britain
Lesley Jackson
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From Atoms to Patterns tells the intriguing story of the Festival Pattern Group - a unique collaboration between scientists and designers at the Festival of Britain. Conceived by Dr Helen Megaw, a leading Cambridge crystallographer, and spearheaded by the Council of Industrial Design, the Festival Pattern Group co-opted diagrams of atomic structures for patterns on everyday products, including textiles, wallpapers, ceramics and glass. The result was a weird and wonderful collection of furnishings and accessories decorated with scientifi cally accurate crystal structure designs.Featuring numerous hitherto unpublished images and drawing on extensive new research, From Atoms to Patterns provides a defi nitive account of the Festival Pattern Group and explores the science behind the designs. Written by design historian and curator Lesley Jackson, the book complements a major exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London (24th April - 10th August 2008). www.wellcomecollection.org
Publisher: Richard Dennis, The Old Chapel, Shepton Beauchamp, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 OLE
Tel: 01460 240044 Fax: 01460 242009
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.richarddennispublications.com
ISBN 978 0 9553741 1 1
124pp including approximately 140 colour images
Size 210mm x 297mm
Softback £20
