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Archives for the future
We are currently living through a historic time. When we want to research historic moments we often go to archives and museums specialising in that area or subject. In the future it is likely the extraordinary time we are living … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Digital online archive, External archives and libraries
Tagged archives, collecting, pandemic, signs
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Access London Met apps from your own computer
Connect to London Met work stations from home! Do you have your own device but have been unable to access software you can usually only access while in the university buildings/using university computers? Well now London Met’s Information Technology Services … Continue reading
London Met Arts Summer Shows Online!
This is the time of year we are normally preparing to see our art, architecture and design students work in the annual summer show, so in this most unusual of times how will the students show their work? The good … Continue reading
Podcasts and more
This might be a Visual Arts blog, but are you fed up with looking at computer screens for your art fix? Podcasts and other sounds are a great way of engaging with art and exhibitions at the moment as lockdown … Continue reading
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Beautiful books online
London Met has thousands of E-books available online, but if you are missing our wonderful art books in the library, where else can you find beautiful ones online to browse? Some places such as the British Library and Oxford University … Continue reading
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Copyright free images
Are you looking for images you can use without having to worry about copyright? Most images you can find on the internet will have some kind of copyright, even if there is nothing to indicate it. It’s important to check … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Copyright, Digital online archive, External archives and libraries, Uncategorized, Using Images
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Exhibitions to visit online
With most galleries and museums now closed due to coronavirus, many are upping their online content, and in some cases you can virtually visit the exhibitions. If you’re looking for inspiration, and you would normally visit a gallery or museum, … Continue reading
Lightboxes and Lettering exhibition and display
Just up the road from our Aldgate campus, Bow Arts Nunnery Gallery has an exhibition on about the history of east London’s print industry. ‘Lightboxes and Lettering‘ tells the story of the print industry across the 20th century, focusing on the … Continue reading
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Tagged "graphic design", East London, exhibitions, letterpress, local history, printing, printmaking
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Martin Parr photobooks collection
A bit late for the Show and tell, which is happening this afternoon, but there will still be time to see the display of the Martin Parr Photobook Collection at Late at Tate this evening, in the Reading Rooms at … Continue reading
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British and Irish Furniture Makers Online workshop 3rd Feb
British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO) is a free open access online resource of thousands of biographical notes of furniture makers nationwide from 1640 onwards. They are collaborating with Layers of London (a website recording the rich layers of … Continue reading