Tag: Design history Records and research1920s fashion and design in The National Archives’ visual collectionsTuesday 12 April 2022The registered design collection at The National Archives offers us a unique insight into...Records and researchImagining Empire in the 1920s: Posters of the Empire Marketing BoardTuesday 15 February 2022If you found yourself walking on Charing Cross Road on New Year’s Day in...Records and researchCataloguing and analysing 19th-century artworkThursday 21 October 2021The National Archives holds an incredible collection of artwork submitted to the Stationers’ Company...Records and researchPlaying cards captured at sea: Prize Papers of L’Aimable JulieWednesday 24 March 2021Some of The National Archives’ most striking visual records are found in the most...Records and researchCast-iron cosiness: Designs for the Victorian hearthFriday 4 December 2020Cold, black metal might not be the first thing that comes to mind when...Records and researchChristmas with the Victorians: Upcoming eventsTuesday 3 November 2020The Christmas we enjoy today is heavily influenced by the Victorians. From the stories...Records and researchPublicising the Battle of Britain: Creative publishing in the Second World WarTuesday 22 September 2020The Battle of Britain occupies a powerful place in the British cultural memory of...Records and researchThe art of learning to read with Walter CraneFriday 14 August 2020Walter Crane (1845-1915) was an artist and designer, a prolific book illustrator and leading...Records and researchPublic bins – a design history we shouldn’t discard too easilyMonday 9 April 2018Why do our public bins, benches and bus shelters – things collectively known as...Records and researchPolicing the powder puff in 1930s LondonTuesday 3 April 2018On the evening of Saturday 14 November 1936, 28 year old Arthur Agate –...