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Images of progress -- The first industrial designers -- Design and mechanisation -- Differentiation in design -- The Home -- Design in the office -- Hygiene and cleanliness -- Electricity - The fuel of the future -- Labour-saving in the home -- Design and corporate identity -- Design, designers and the literature of design.



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