Manufacturers of the Festival Pattern Group
1951
Twenty-eight leading manufacturers took part in the Festival of
Britain's Festival Pattern Group, which used diagrams of atomic
structure to provide design inspiration. 80 designs were produced
in all, including glass, ceramics, metal, plastics, textiles and
wallpaper. Labels were attached to samples on display at the
Festival. Seen to the right is Cristobalite 8.53 metal sheet,
produced by GA Harvey, a large industrial metalworking company.
Cristobalite has the same chemical composition as quartz. On the
left is a high-pressure decorative plastic laminate with Max
Perutz’s Haemoglobin 8.26 structure, designed by Martyn Rowlands
for Warerite.