Print showing the font will be projected onto a wall of the House of the Future, Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, England

People:

Alison Margaret Smithson (architect)
Jo Harris (draughtsman)
Peter Smithson (architect)
Edward Wright (draughtsman)

Title:

Print showing the font will be projected onto a wall of the House of the Future, Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, England

Date:

1956

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Gel-lithograph

Dimensions:

sheet: 84.5 x 59.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1995:0045

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

exterior elevations

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There are thin black lines along the b. resulting from the printing process.

Inscription:

stamped, inscribed, signed and dated - by an unknown hand, in red ink and pen and black ink, on the sheet, l.r.: [job] House of the Future / Ideal Home exhib. / [architect] Alison + Peter / Smithson / [design] lettering / Edw. Wright / [drawn by] Jo Harris (dr. 1976) / [date] 1956" [stamp has lines across the t. and b. framing the text; text within square parenthesis is stamped, text without square parenthesis is hand written]

Location:

London; England; United Kingdom;

Subject:

interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

letters (signs)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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