Design & Industries Association

Founded in 1915 this organisation whose organ was the short-lived Design in Modern Industry published annually between 1922-1924. It was an annual review of work by members of the DIA and includes furniture, interior decoration, fabric design, pottery, industrial architecture, metalwork, domestic equipment, printing and lettering, shop fronts, vehicles, toys and posters. Also included are photographic reports on recent activities of the British Institute of Industrial Art. Designers whose work is illustrated include Ambrose Heal, Peter Waals, Charles Holden, H.H. Peach, Carter Stabler and, Gordon Russell Adams, Minnie McLeish, Gregory Brown, Claud Lovat Fraser, Phyllis Barron, Harold Stabler, C.H.B. Quennell and McKnight Kauffer. It was published in London by Benn Brothers. Its membership peaked to around 1000 in the mid-1930's.