James
Gardner started his career with wartime campaigns for
the MOI, and went on to become 'Britain's most important
post-war exhibition and musuem designer'. He was commissioned
by the Council of Industrial Design to oversee the design
of major events including the Britain Can Make It exhibition
of 1946 and the Festival of Britain in 1951. He designed
the public decorations for the Coronation of Elizabeth
II in 1953, and was influential in presenting ideas
about British identity to international audiences, including
at the World Fair, Brussels, 1958, and Expo 67 in Montreal.
An archive of his work from 1930 onwards is held at
the Design History Research Centre Archives (University
of Brighton).
Information collated from: ADBiB, 'James Gardner
Archive Collection', http://www.adbib.ac.uk/collectiondetails.php?colid=62,
accessed March 25 2004.
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