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Saturday, October 20, 2012 - 13:54
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This year's Inspired By... competition is up and running, with a great display on show in the Sackler Centre showing artists' and designers work which has been inspired by the V&A's collections. To tie in with the exhibition, this weekend we put on a range of talks, workshops and open studios offering visitors a chance to get creative. The V&A's collection of photography...
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 14:53
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During the past year I have been involved in a project to clear copyright permissions for posters in the Schreyer Collection. As well as involving research to identify rights holders; this work has given me the enviable opportunity to open drawers and boxes – allowing me to see many of the designs. Some of my favourite posters are those produced by literary publishing companies during the...
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 10:54
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Advanced notice of temporary website disruptionOn Saturday 20 October 2012, the Museum will be undertaking essential work to update technical infrastructure in the building. This will affect access to some services that are delivered on the web. This work is scheduled to start at 18.00 on Saturday 20 October and be completed by 09.00 Sunday 21 October morning.The main website will be partially...
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 10:45
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By Harriet Curnow, Programme Manager.On 30 September the V&A hosted Big Draw, Big Make. It was a day full of amazing drawing activities for all ages. For younger audiences the V&A were delighted to welcome back the Cbeebies star Mister Maker. He performed to hundreds of excited children and adults, showing them how to get drawing and making. I asked him some questions about his experience...
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...