Missing Technician in Industrial Production

An author of almost sixty books, with topics ranging from interiors to furniture history, from industrial design to the use of plastics, Gloag was a member of an elite design culture that was highly visible throughout the 1930s and 40s.

• Introduction Charles Tennyson 1. Why Missing? 2. Industrial Design as a Technical Operation 3. Design Research Committees 4. Design Research Committees in Operation 5. Costs, Royalties and Patent Rights 6. Selecting Designers 7. Examples of Work by Design Committees 8. The Effect of New Materials on Design 9. Old Materials with New Properties 10. National Character in Industrial Design.

Reviews of the original edition of The Missing Technician: ‘The book is a reminder of the practical importance of good design in manufacture.’ The Time, Trade and Engineering Supplement ‘The book has left us with the impression that the success of some well-known British and American enterprises is due in no small measure to the employment of industrial designers.’ The Foundry Trades Journal‘Mr. Gloag’s proposition is that industrial design is…a business operation, and as such can be costed: controlled, and aligned with sales policy, directed to home and foreign markets.’ The Sheffield Telegraph.