Britain · London / 1893 · this pamphlet edition
Useful Work versus Useless Toil
What is a working life for?
Morris belongs in this room as a socialist thinker as well as a designer. This 1893 pamphlet edition, catalogued by the University of Iowa, asks us to judge labour by the life it makes possible. Our reading follows a demanding idea: shorter drudgery, time for rest and meaningful creation are questions of social organisation, not rewards reserved for those able to buy beautiful things.
- Date
- 1893 · this pamphlet edition
- Maker / designer
- William Morris; Hammersmith Socialist Society
- Material
- Printed pamphlet
- Context
- A socialist intervention by a designer and writer, not a product catalogue.
Evidence: Date established · Place established
Historical record
- The archive dates this Hammersmith Socialist Society edition to 1893.