The designs of the Festival Pattern Group
Discussed by writer and curator Mary Schoeser
Mary Schoeser discusses the designs produced by the Festival
Pattern Group at the Festival of Britain and explains the influence
that the original exhibition - and science in general - has had on
design since 1951.
Mary is a freelance writer and curator specialising in textiles
and wallpaper, as well as a senior research fellow at Central Saint
Martins College of Art and Design, London.