Art & Industry Journal

volume 52 - 53, January - December 1952
volume 54, January - April 1953
volume 55, June - December 1953
volume 56, January - April 1954
volume 57, June - December 1954
volume 58 - 59, March - October 1955
volume 60 - 61, March - December 1956
volume 62, January - June 1957
volume 64 - 65, January - December 1958
Publishing History: Commercial Art was published by Commercial Art Ltd in 5 volumes, resulting in 42 issues between October 1922 and June 1926 when it was acquired by Studio Magazine. It was conceived as a trade journal for the British advertising industry and contains numerous, well-illustrated articles on posters, poster stamps, printing, typography, letter art, illustrations, signage, point-of-sale and window display, packaging and more. In 1932 it was announced that the magazine would devote more space to industrial design and consequently, the title changed to Commercial Art and Industry, and four years later, in July 1936, to Art and Industry. In 1955 the magazine adopted the subtitle ‘Pioneer Journal of Industrial Design’. In the last decade of its existence, ‘Art and Industry’ found itself competing with a plethora of new design magazines, notably ‘Design’ published in Britain from 1949, and ‘Industrial Design’ published in the USA from 1954. In an attempt to stem dwindling sales, it changed its title to ‘Design for Industry’ in 1959 but did not survive beyond that year. Artist Biographies - British and Irish Artists of the 20th Century [Accessed 3/3/2021] Art & Industry Journal covered various aspects of industrial design from industrial architecture, cars and contemporary designers to new product technology, advertising and screen-printing. Each edition typically includes an article on foreign industry design, for example ‘German Industrial Design’ and ‘Swedish Family Houses’.