TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herring, Eleanor
TI  - Street furniture design : contesting modernism in post-war Britain
SN  - 9781350044814
U1  - 741.0941 HER 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
KW  - City planning - Great Britain
KW  - City planning - Great Britain - History - 19th century
KW  - City planning - Great Britain - History - 20th century
KW  - Cpuncil of Industrial design (Greta Britain)
KW  - Grat Britain
KW  - History - 20th century
KW  - House and Home
KW  - Outdoor furniture
KW  - Outdoor furniture - Great Britain
KW  - Streets -- Accessories
KW  - Streets -- Great Britain -- Accessories -- History
N2  - Eleanor Herring's unique study of street furniture in post-war Britain considers how objects which are now familiar parts of our urban environment were designed to populate public spaces. Herring explores the design of lampposts, post boxes, parking meters, and signage in the context of a government backed by various bodies keen to propagate 'good' modern design, in a Britain whose towns and cities had been laid waste by bombing and the privations of war. She also considers the innate conservatism of local communities and councils, wary of a standardised street design imposed from above. She traces how the design of street furniture became the site of a fierce struggle which exposed deep-seated anxieties about class, taste and power. Herring's original research draws on archival material and on interviews with leading figures in urban design, including graphic designer Margaret Calvert and industrial designer Kenneth Grange
ER  -