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Ruth Sykes is an educator and graphic designer who visited the Design Archives for her essay about designer Dorrit Dekk. I visited the University of Brighton Design Archives to research the career of illustrator and designer Dorrit Dekk (1917–2014). I… Continue Reading →
Jenny Maidment, Head of Library Content & Discovery Systems, University of Brighton Libraries, reflects on her research into the library records found in the Brighton School of Art Archive. I’ve been a librarian for over 30 years and have worked… Continue Reading →
Our colleague Harriet Atkinson’s new book Showing Resistance: Propaganda and Modernist exhibitions in Britain, 1933-53, which draws heavily on our collections, was published recently by Manchester University Press. We asked Harriet to introduce the book. How did exhibitions become used… Continue Reading →
Kila Galvin, a recent graduate student of the MA Curating and Collecting Heritage in the School of Humanities and Social Science, writes about her placement at the Design Archives as part of the course. My initial engagement with the Design… Continue Reading →
Andy Taylor is writing a biography of English playwright and screenwriter Anthony Shaffer, to be published next year. Researching for a biography can often feel like finding your way through an endless maze of facts, dates and figures,… Continue Reading →
Youjin Choi, an Exhibition designer at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in South Korea was a Visiting Research Fellow (VRF) at the University of Brighton as part of the Centre for Design History/University of Brighton… Continue Reading →
Recent MA Design and Material Culture student Anna-Katharina Farnleitner writes about her time volunteering at the UoB Design Archives. When I started my master’s degree at the University of Brighton in History of Design and Material Culture, I wanted to… Continue Reading →
Yun Wang was a Visiting Research Fellow (VRF) as part of the Centre for Design History’s International Scheme and a contributing author to International Design Organizations Histories, Legacies, Value. Figure [1] “Crumbling Walls, New Dawn” by Robert L. Peters, President of Icograda from… Continue Reading →
Recent MA Curating Collections and Heritage student Rachel Ng writes about her work as a volunteer at the Design Archives to support her professional development The idea of preserving history for future generations has always fascinated me. Museums, archives, and heritage sites are a… Continue Reading →
