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

© CCA

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