Symposium on the Form, Design, and Decoration of Glass

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Industrial art in relation to glassware aims at improving form and design. Decoration cannot be made to atone for bad construction. Glassware production is in a state of transition between a handicraft and a large-scale mechanical industry. The main factor in the creation and transformation of artistic styles is the unceasing conflict between tradition and innovation. The problem of manufacturers and designers to-day is to produce good, simple, well-designed and cheap glassware. Good design is essential to commercial success.

Sir H. Llewellyn Smith