Precision: Cut Glass

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

267

Date Released

1981

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: The reality of scientific advance is a far cry from the man who lept from his bath shouting "Eureka!" It is the culmination of painstaking research and precision testing. How do you mass-produce elegance and style: recreate the expert workmanship beautifully reflected in fine, hand cut crystal goblets? A British firm have done just that. They’ve armed a computer with a cutting tool and translated the craftsman’s art into computer language. Once programmed and supplied with blank glasses, the computer will produce endless exact replicas of the designer’s idea.

Keywords

Arts and crafts; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Computers and computing; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/267

Credits:

Cutter: Allen Bowry
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Fred Goodland

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