Tag: Design history 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 –...
