Eleanor Herring lectures in design history at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. She has published articles in various edited volumes and conference proceedings.

[Herring] has done an enormous amount of research to uncover the story of objects that most of us walk past without a second glance. ... [A] fascinating book.

• Introduction1. Precedents and Beginnings: 1814 - 19442. The Council of Industrial Design: Official Articulations of Street Furniture Design3. The Great and the Good: Power and Influence4. Municipal Vandalism: Tyranny, Confrontation and Resistance5. Beyond Good Design: A Period of Transformation 1960 - 1974ConclusionEpilogue

Eleanor Herring lectures in design history at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. She has published articles in various edited volumes and conference proceedings.

[Herring] has done an enormous amount of research to uncover the story of objects that most of us walk past without a second glance. ... [A] fascinating book.

• Introduction1. Precedents and Beginnings: 1814 - 19442. The Council of Industrial Design: Official Articulations of Street Furniture Design3. The Great and the Good: Power and Influence4. Municipal Vandalism: Tyranny, Confrontation and Resistance5. Beyond Good Design: A Period of Transformation 1960 - 1974ConclusionEpilogue

Eleanor Herring lectures in design history at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. She has published articles in various edited volumes and conference proceedings.

[Herring] has done an enormous amount of research to uncover the story of objects that most of us walk past without a second glance. ... [A] fascinating book.

• Introduction1. Precedents and Beginnings: 1814 - 19442. The Council of Industrial Design: Official Articulations of Street Furniture Design3. The Great and the Good: Power and Influence4. Municipal Vandalism: Tyranny, Confrontation and Resistance5. Beyond Good Design: A Period of Transformation 1960 - 1974ConclusionEpilogue