Shortly afterwards a meeting under the chairmanship of Lord Aberconway led to the foundation of the Design and Industries Association (DIA), with the express intention of raising the standard of British industrial design, under the slogan of "Fitness for Purpose".
Association football | association football | Forward (association football) | Goalkeeper (association football) | Defender (association football) | National Basketball Association | American Association for the Advancement of Science | Association of Tennis Professionals | American Library Association | World Boxing Association | National Collegiate Athletic Association | American Association | American Heart Association | National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design | National Rifle Association | International Development Association | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | American Bar Association | Philippine Basketball Association | American Medical Association | International Air Transport Association | World Hockey Association | Women's Tennis Association | Rhode Island School of Design | Gaelic Athletic Association | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | Imperial Chemical Industries | Substitute (association football) | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta |
The Royal College of Art (RCA), the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry (RDI), the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Design and Industries Association and the College of Medallists established the Sir Misha Black Awards to commemorate professor Sir Misha Black, whose pioneering work played a crucial role in the development of design in Britain.
Back in Britain, he became President of the Manchester Liberal Federation, and was an official of a large number of local bodies, including the Manchester Statistical Society, the Design and Industries Association, the Royal Manchester College of Music, the Hallé Concert Society and the University of Manchester.