Monthly Archives: October 2017

Graphic Design

The Wellcome Collection’s current exhibition ‘Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?’ explores the relationship between graphic design and health. The Wellcome Collection  is a free museum and library exploring health, life and our place in the world on Euston Road in … Continue reading

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Iniva’s Stuart Hall Library now opening Saturdays

Starting this Saturday, 21st October, Iniva’s Stuart Hall Library will be open on Saturdays between 12pm-6pm. If you haven’t visited The Stuart Hall Library before, it is only around the corner from Aldgate Library, (1 Rivington Place in Shoreditch) and … Continue reading

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Women and the Architectural Association Conference

Women were first granted admission to the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London in 1917, and to commemorate this centenary they are holding an international conference at the Paul Mellon Centre. The conference, which explores the context of women … Continue reading

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Libraries Week

This week (9-14th October) is the first ever libraries week (Replacing National Libraries Day – obviously a day is just not enough to celebrate all the wonderful libraries out there!). Libraries up and down the country will be putting on … Continue reading

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200,000 design objects digitised by the Smithsonian Design Museum

And more to come! The Smithsonian Design Museum, also known as Cooper Hewitt, in New York has digitised a staggering 200,000 objects from its collection which can be viewed online. How do you start to use such a huge online … Continue reading

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