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Take a look at what goes on behind-the-scenes in the world’s greatest museum of art and design. From bestselling exhibitions to hidden gems in the collections, learn about our latest projects, ideas and discoveries.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 12:31
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By Rebecca English, Assistant Programme Manager.On Tuesday 2 October we welcomed 200 students from secondary schools across the UK to take part in the launch of Graphic Gathering. This new project aims to give secondary students an insight into design at Higher Education and industry level by answering a real-life brief delivered by the V&A and D&AD. D&AD exists to inform, educate and...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 14:31
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By Alex Flowers, Digital Programmes Manager.This year marked the centenary of Alan Turing’s birth. Turing was one of the greatest scientists that Britain has ever produced and someone whose influence on the modern world, once concealed through the Official Secrets Act, has come to light. His work in cryptology, mathematics and computer science has led to him being considered the father of...
Friday, September 28, 2012 - 11:20
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by Adrian Deakes, Programme Manager, Theatre and Performance.Those of you who keep a keen eye on theatre reviews will have seen Propeller’s name crop up fairly frequently over the past few years. Directed by Ed Hall, this all-male Shakespeare Company is really making a name for itself by providing really visceral, exciting productions of Shakespeare's work. When they approached me to...
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 13:24
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by Marisa Smith, Programme Manager, Workshops and Events.On the last Friday of the London Design Festival, we welcomed the Bookbinders Collective, a group of professional bookbinders working at the top of their craft to produce exciting and innovative contemporary bookbindings, book arts and artists' books. Over 300 people dropped in to meet the group for an inspiring day of workshops and...
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 15:02
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by Jo Banham, Head of Adults, Students and Creative Industries.I expect many of you will know the old story of the Judgment of Paris. Paris is given the unenviable task of deciding who is the most beautiful of three goddesses. There is no easy answer to this problem: whichever goddess he chooses, he inevitably offends the others. I got a small taste of Paris's dilemma when I was recently...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 15:29
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by Ruth Lloyd, Residency & Display Co-ordinator.2012 has been quite amazing summer in London, and for me, it’s not only the Olympics that have been inspiring! The V&A Museum Residency Programme has been in full swing. We hosted the Rio Occupation Residency, have just welcomed Costume Design for Film Resident Hayley Nebauer, and have been lucky enough to host world class ceramicist...
Friday, September 14, 2012 - 11:55
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by Nadia Arbach, Team Leader, Digital Programmes.There's something about the word 'robot' that, despite my understanding of the more sophisticated forms of interactive design, still conjures up images of a metallic, bleeping creature. Diamandini, an interactive robotic artwork currently on show for the London Design Festival and the Digital Design Weekend, couldn't be further from...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 10:38
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by Nadia Arbach, Team Leader, Digital Programmes.Welcome to the Learning Department blog, where we’ll bring you behind-the-scenes stories about what we do.We’re not a curatorial department. Our work focuses on people, and our stories revolve around the creative ways we encourage our visitors to engage with the museum’s collections.If you’ve ever visited the V&A, you...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 13:48
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The Europe 1600-1800 Galleries are a series of seven galleries running between the Museum’s two main entrances in Cromwell Road and Exhibition Road. Their renovation is a part of FuturePlan, a Museum-wide project to create beautiful and contemporary new settings for the V&A’s outstanding collections, while restoring much of the building’s original architecture and improving...
Monday, August 6, 2012 - 18:13
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So many great images have been contributed to the Collect London 2012 project (see last post) that I couldn't resist putting a few more on the blog. Have a look at the Flickr group and add your own images from the last two weeks. The aim is to create an archive of photos that will preserve a snapshot of some of the more peripheral visual aspects of the London Games: Olympic-related signage,...