Category Archives: Library Collections

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Vivienne Westwood

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Anna

“A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that under your arm, kids. That is status.” Vivienne Westwood 1941-2022 We have been celebrating the life and work … Continue reading →

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National Art Library to re-open

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Anna

Great news for art book lovers and researchers, the National Art Library has re-opened! The National Art Library is held at the V&A Museum in South Kensington, and holds the UK’s most comprehensive public reference collection of literature on the fine … Continue reading →

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Artists’ Lives resource

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Anna

Have you ever come across the Artists’ Lives resource from the British Library? It is a fantastic collection of aural interviews with artists where you can hear them talk about their lives, work, friendships and more. It is a platform … Continue reading →

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Olympic design resources

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Anna

If the Olympics has got you all fired up and inspired, but in an artistic rather than a running kind of way, then check out the new theme in Bloomsbury Design Library: ‘Olympic Design: Visual identity, activism and designing to … Continue reading →

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The Annual Frederick Parker Lectures

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Anna

The Fredrick Parker Collection is held in our Special Collections, and is a unique resource covering over 300 years of British Furniture making and design, from 1600 to the present day. The Collection consists of over 200 chairs, together with … Continue reading →

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Homemade banners book and online archives

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Anna

A new book about banners celebrating women’s empowerment, made by artists has been published, and you can see some of the great artworks in this Guardian article, as well an online preview of the book here. Where else might you … Continue reading →

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Zine collections

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Anna

As July is International Zine Month, it’s the perfect time to mention that the Tate Library is about to launch its zine collection, with a special event on Friday August 2nd, 12 -2pm. The Tate Library has been collecting zines … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Type?

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Anna

In commemoration of the current exhibition Writing Making Your Mark at the British Library, we have put together a display of font and typeface related books at Aldgate Library, including a selection of artists who use text in their practice. … Continue reading →

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Wallpaper

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Anna

I came across this great article on the BBC culture site about the history of wallpaper – did you know it used to be an offence punishable by death to forge wallpaper in England? And how did people allegedly die … Continue reading →

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Plastic Population

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Anna

It has been Green Week all this week at London Metropolitan University, with many events going on, including visiting our bees (at Holloway Road campus), introduction of coffee cup recycling points and charity pop up stalls amongst many more! For … Continue reading →

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