Frolll {he House oj {he Dead by i\laria Bjornson (Great Britain). PhOlo: Adel i\ligici The British Design Exhibit Cosi Fall Tu{{e bv Russell Craig (Great Britain). PhOIO: Aclcl :--ligicl 18 Thealre Design & Technology I USITT ISpring 1984 Most of the design collection ShOWI by the professional British designers re flected a fine artistic and technologica draftsmanship. The selected designs cer tainly reflected the recent blossomin) of the British modern stage design witl its new artistic and technical innovations The British exhibit included a vari ety of scenic and costume design worl covering a wide spectrum of styles, con cepts and techniques. The emphasis 0 the total presentation was on a numbe of finely-crafled models and a few de sign renderings. A good number of thl scenic designs could be characterized b: an impressive dramatic interpretatiol accompanied by imaginative visual ant technical concepts. Ralph Koltai's design model for thl recent Royal Shakespeare Company pro duction of Much Ado AboUI NOlhill! showed a fascinating, ever-changinl scenographic solution and an innova tive technical application. The use 0 several panels of mirror and Plexigla combined with the application of pro jections created a splendid, rhythmicall: articulated dramatic space. The desigl had an imaginative visual impacl, cap lLlred the essence of Ihe play, ane created a see-through, dream-lik. atmosphere.