Category Projects and exhibitions

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Designing Britain 1945-1975: The Visual Experience of Post-war Society 2002

The fourth branch of The Coffee House group built on the site of the first coffee-house which opened in Fleet Street 300 years previously (in 1657) . Design and decor by Antoine Acket in association with Mr. E.E. Barlow FRIBA. This photograph shows the entrance to The Coffee House and the staircase leading to the balcony above. In the centre can be seen some of the Wareite surfaced tables which incorporate original etchings by Dolf Rieser and in the upper right hand corner can be seen one of two ceiling etchings produced by Dolf Rieser in several colours and in which BAKELITE polyester resin reinforced with glass fibre material has been used.

An award of £132,000 from JISC enabled the delivery of a major project for the Design Archives, a suite of eight online e-learning and teaching resource modules based on the wealth of the Archives’ holdings. Lecturers from a range of… Continue Reading →

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Les Sixties: Great Britain and France 1962-1973, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery 1997

Image shows four mannequins arranged across the frame. From left side wearing red dress and hat, beige coat and hat, not fully visible and puffy white dress and head wrapping.

The exhibition Les Sixties:Great Britain and France 1962-1973 examined art and society in France and Britain during the 1960s. It included photographs from the Design Council Archive relating to the exhibition L’Idée et la Forme. Design en Grande Bretagne that was held at the… Continue Reading →

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Category Projects and exhibitions

Designing Britain 1945-1975: The Visual Experience of Post-war Society 2002

Les Sixties: Great Britain and France 1962-1973, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery 1997