Design for Need, 1976

Introduction

Abstract

From 11 to 14 April 1976 was held at the Royal College of Art and the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London the conference Design for Need. The Social Contribution of Design, organized by ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design) in concert with other British and international organizations. The following year, a selection of 24 contributions was published by Pergamon Press, of the 52 presented during the conference, edited by Julian Bicknell and Liz McQuiston. In this issue of the AIS/Design Journal, we publish the introduction by Christopher Cornford, organizer of the conference.