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University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· 10d

The University of Brighton Design Archives has retained its national accreditation award. Read more about this achievement & the UoBDA ongoing's commitment to preserving internationally important collections, supporting research, teaching and public engagement. blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Jul 15

Explore the designs of Enid Marx at Compton Verney, Warwickshire with their upcoming exhibition The Pattern of Life: Enid Marx and Modern British Design. Opens this Saturday 18 July, more here: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... Portrait of Enid Marx Design Council Archive DCA/30/1/POR/M/41/2

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Jul 13

For @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYAArchitecture, the 1962 ground floor plans for Brighton College of Arts and Crafts which later became Brighton Polytechnic and is now the Grand Parade campus @uniofbrighton.bsky.social and home of the Design Archives.

greyscale plan for the ground floor of a many-floored building

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Jul 6

Read about the history of the ATM from the Bank of England Museum, including a look at the 1969 award-winning MD2 cash dispenser designed by Jack Howe for Chubb & Sons Lock & Safe Company Ltd. www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/onlin... @designcouncil.bsky.social archive DCA/30/7/1969/1/5

a blond woman in a neurtal coloured coat with a black handbag on her right arm is taking money out of a silver cash machine.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Jul 2

Design, July 1956 Cover design by K. Garland @designcouncil.bsky.social archive

cover of a magazine is blue with a graphic illustration of light green and white lamps hanging from a ceiling.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Jun 24

Air-conditioned bed, designed by F.C. Ashford seen at the Britain Can Make It exhibition, 1946. @designcouncil.bsky.social archive DCA/30/1/13/5/29

black and white photo of a woman in a bed that is shaped like a shoe or a skate. She's wearing a black blazer and has dark brown hair. The bed is on a tilted platform.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Jun 23

Teaching Design, Drawing Boundaries: Working with the ICSID / @wdo.org Collection João Bittar Fiammenghi was a visiting research fellow who carried out sustained research in the Design Archives. Fiammenghi reflects on his research, up now on our site: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

typed black text on white and cream paper from the ICSID archive, University of Brighton Design Archives

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Jun 19

Exhibition designer James Gardner proposed this design for the Stonehenge Visitors Centre in 1993. While unrealised, what better way to mark the summer solstice! James Gardner Archive LJG/3/49

colour illustration of an exhibition design about Stonehenge

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Jun 15

James Gardner (1907-1995) designed the 1972 groundbreaking scientific exhibition The Story of the Earth at the Geological Museum, London. For @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYAColourful, a before and after look at Gardners' designs for the exhibition. LJG/2/30/2/4 & LJG/2/30/4/3

Illustration in shades of blue on blue paper of a scientific exhibit in a museum.

colour photograph of a scientific exhibition in a museum shows display panels and cases, a globe and other circular models.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Jun 2

'Comrades in Art: Artists against Fascism' is a major new exhibition at Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, which features significant loans from the University of Brighton Design Archives, many of which have not been exhibited before, more here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi... Image © Rob Harris

colour photograph of one room at Towner Art Gallery. On the left is a dark blue wall hung with framed pictures, on the right the walls are white hung with framed pictures and there is a table display to the left side. Photography © Rob Harris

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· May 22

We are thrilled that Designing From Home, directed by @suebreakell.bsky.social & @harrietatkinson.bsky.social has been selected for the 2026 Brighton Rocks Film Festival. Designing From Home will be screened 18 June (session 10), more info and tickets here: www.rocksfestivals.com/briff

colour photo of a bird's eye view looking down onm a house with the title Designing From Home written across the center in orange. The Brighton Rocks Film Festival official selection 2026 laurels are below the title in white

circle made up of segmented lines in different colours. Brighton Rocks 2026 Official Selection is written in the middle in white

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· May 21

Tea-making machinery at the Farm and Factory exhibition, Festival of Britain, 1951. Co-ordinating Designer: W.M. de Majo. M.B.E., M.S.I.A. @designcouncil.bsky.social archive DCA/30/1/FOB/FF/53 #InternationalTeaDay

black and white photo of a tea making machine and small display of products

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· May 13

Barbara Jones (1912-1978) often wrote her articles and book chapters by hand before typing them up. Here, her manuscript for an article titled 'Popular Art' published in Athene: Journal of the Society for Education in Art 5.3 (Aug 1951) BJO/3/2/4 #EYAHandwriting @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

cream coloured paper with blue handwritten text that is often crossed out in places

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· May 11

Not only did Barbara Jones include Portmeirion in her book Follies & Grottoes (1953, 1974), she also illustrated Williams-Ellis' 1947 book On Trust for the Nation. More on the Barbara Jones Archive here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

colour illustration in brown black green and yellow of a church and graveyard that is the frontispiece of a book. To the right, is the title page of the book, 'On Trust For The Nation' by Clough Williams-Ellis

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· May 8

Happy 100th Birthday Sir David Attenborough! Here is a letter from from Attenborough shortly after starting with the BBC Television Talks Department to Barbara Jones, congratulating her on her contribution to the BBC TV programme about Coronation Souvenirs, broadcast on 13 February 1953. BJO/4/1/10

a typed letter on BBC letterhead from David Attenborough to Barbara Jones

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· May 6

'The Ongoing Importance of Archives' Reflections from this year's undergrad placement student Lily Bunch on her time in the Design Archives, read now on our site: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

photograph looking down at a grey table. On top of the table to the left is a negative inside a transparent plastic envelope, on the right is a pile of photographs. To the top is some old sellotape pieces , a pencil and a brown envelope.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· May 5

Design, May 1956 @designcouncil.bsky.social archive

magazine cover is a black and white photo of the Design Centre. Design is written in black letters in a coral box at the top, and some squares on the building's facade are coloured in yellow

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· May 1

The Hazards of Work: How to Fight Them, by Patrick Kinnersly Pluto Press, 1973 Cover design by Richard Hollis More about the Richard Hollis archive here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

book cover is white with black and red text

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 23

Designing from Home won Best Short Documentary at the London Independent Film Festival Spring 2026. The film was produced by Hugh Hartford at Banyak Media, funded by the AHRC & @uniofbrighton.bsky.social @suebreakell.bsky.social @harrietatkinson.bsky.social blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

black laurels surround the following text also printed in black: Best Short Documentary London Independent Film Festival 2026

Two women stand on a red carpet in front of a white wall with various logos and brands

a colour image looking down on a house and garden. Designing From Home is written in orange block letters through the middle

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 21

'Driver! From wine and vodka to crime - the way is short' This Soviet-era anti-alcohol poster was commissioned by the Protection of Public Order Management, Leningrad City Council & Leningrad commercial transport, 1964 #EYACrime @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social ICOGRADA / ICoD Archive ICO/3/27/4

black poster with a vodka bottle in the middle-left, a red dotted line extends from the bottle diagonally to the right towards an illustration of a truck that has crashed into a telephone pole. The text is written in white.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 20

Francesca Mucchetti, a doctoral student from University of Turin, Italy, has joined the Design Archives for a three-month placement part of her programme of study to work on the ICSID/ @wdo.org archive. Read more on our site here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi... Image ©Riva-Ferretti Group

Colourful illustration of an Italian shipyard.
Giorgio Barilani illustration of the Riva shipyard in Sarnico, Italy, with a view of the Plancia, Carlo Riva’s former office, 1965, Archivio Storico Riva – Ferretti Group.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 17

We’re excited to share a funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership w/us & The National Archives; ‘Surfacing & sharing visual design records through AI-driven datasets’ @cultinformatics.bsky.social More information: www.brighton.ac.uk/research/pos... Photos from @designcouncil.bsky.social archive

37 black and white photographs are tiled into one composite image. Photos include designed objects like phones, cameras, glasses, cutlery, cars, toilets, textiles, clothing, packaging and more.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 16

Two wartime exhibition posters from the archive of graphic designer FHK Henrion (1914-1990) are on loan to a new exhibition at the Wallace Collection in London, 'The Wallace Collection at War' Read more here including links to the exhibition & reviews: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

Illustration of a teal sickle is overlaid on an illustration of a hammer inside a red tank. The poster text is in both turquoise and red.
25 Years of Progress exhibition poster, FHK Henrion Archive, University of Brighton Design Archives. Courtesy of FHK Henrion Estate.

an illustration of a red painter's palette and a red hammer and sickle on a piece of Russian newspaper. The title is in white and black inside the painter's palette.
Artists Aid Russia Exhibition poster, FHK Henrion Archive, University of Brighton Design Archives. Courtesy of the Henrion Estate.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 15

'Designing from Home' documentary by @suebreakell.bsky.social @harrietatkinson.bsky.social about FHK Henrion has been shortlisted at the London Independent Film Awards. Tickets for Sunday's screening at 4:00pm at the Genesis Cinema, Whitechapel here: www.genesiscinema.co.uk/whatson/film... liff.org

black and white photo of a man sitting outside on a bench outside a brick home. A woman carrying a tray opens a door to join him. Image of FHK Henrion and Daphne Hardy Henrion in the garden of their home in Hampstead, c.1947. Photograph by Anneli Bunyard, courtesy Estate of Anneli Bunyard.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 15

Our Preservation & Digital Resources Coordinator Sirpa Kutilainen co-leads the HVAC Shut Down Group which explores sustainable conservation and preservation measures that can be applied to the GLAM sector. Read more here blogs.brighton.ac.uk/hvac/ #archiveconservation @arascot.bsky.social #archive30

thermal image of an archive store shows an image of a hallway in purple, orange and pink hues

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 14

For @arascot.bsky.social #archive30 #UnusualArchives a 1977 @designcouncil.bsky.social award-winning design for medical equipment: Cosmopolitan acrylic posterior teeth by AD International Ltd for Dentsply Ltd, DCA/30/7/1977/21/1 Find more winning designs here: archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/designarchiv...

closeup colour photograph of a set of artificial teeth and gums

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 13

For @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 #ColourfulArchives this painting by exhibition designer James Gardner depicting a general view of the National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan, 1986-88 LJG/3/22/2/1

very colourful illustration of the inside of a science museum. Visible are many 3-d shapes, (cubes, spheres, pyramids and more complex shapes) many of which hang from the ceiling or are found in cases.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 7

For @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 #ArchiveAnimals, these Harella advertisements, designed by FHK Henrion. Courtesy of the Henrion estate.

two colour advertisements for Harella coats. On the left is a woman standing in a field of flowers with a butterfly flying by her and the sun shining down. On the right, a woman stroking an Emu. Both images are slightly surreal in composition and the tagline for Harella is printed at the bottom, 'It's a dream, it's Harella'.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Apr 7

Design, April 1956 Cover designed by K. Garland @designcouncil.bsky.social archive

blue cover of a magazine with Design written in large black letters in the top-right. The cover shows an illustration of shelves laid out in a grid pattern with different types of objects in each square such as a bowl, a teapot, clock, vase, scale, lamp, etc.

University of Brighton Design Archives@designarchives· Mar 30

Dorrit Dekk (1917-2014) was a Czech graphic & designer artist known for her playful style. With high profile clients such as the Festival of Britain Land Travelling Exhibition, P&O and Penguin Books, explore Dekk's archive here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi... #womenshistorymonth