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By: Sarah Weir

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  • Churchill knew that design was crucial to Britain’s global future – and so should we

    In 1944, when the UK was facing extremely uncertain times, Winston Churchill’s government founded the Council of Industrial Design. The plan was to invest heavily in design to ensure that we were making the best quality products that would allow us to win major industrial contracts in post-war Europe. It worked. Even after an election [...]

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