Article produced by Gemma Dormer, Events and Marketing Officer, Institute of Historical Research In a major collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, the IHR is...
Andrew McIlwraith is a PhD researcher in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. His research is funded by the AHRC Design Star...
BOOK YOUR PLACE A collaboration between University of the Arts London, Middlesex University and the Victoria and Albert Museum. On 14 and 15 May 2015, Chelsea College of...
By M. Angela Jansen Visiting Scholar in the Research Department at the V&A Very little research has been conducted on the first generation of Moroccan fashion designers who...
by Katy O’Neill and Francesca Butcher ‘Menswear is about subtlety. It’s about good style and good taste.’ Alexander McQueen A first impression of the garish red...
by Sophie Foan The English are well known for their love of gardening. From village flower and produce shows to inner city allotments, evidence of this is manifest...
by Grace Bremner “e learn by interacting with bits of the world even when our words for how these bits work are inadequate.” -Davis Baird All work and no play...
This post was written by Joanna Weddell, AHRC CDA Disseminating Design, Centre for Research and Development, University of Brighton and Research Department, the Victoria &...
by Christine Guth and Simona Valeriani The new term has started! The first year cohort of 24 students on the V&A/RCA History of Design MA programme has arrived. These...
An Object Lesson with Malcolm Baker As we walked from the beautiful red ante chamber to the white drawing room, the sun came through the clouds and gently lit the eight...
The Military Buff coat: A haptic experience During my time as an MA student on the V&A/RCA History of Design course I came across a word, haptic, that has fascinated me ever...
Part 6 – Discussion of his own work in relation to the themes of a Brazilian Vernacular Alexandre da Cunha, Artist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixO-1lY1U30 ...
Issue 6 of the V&A Online Journal is now available to read here. In this issue, each article uncovers the hidden histories embedded in objects: from computer-generated...
Part 5 – Introduction of the Principles behind the Imhotim Contemporary Art Museum Jochen Volz, Serpentine Gallery, Head of Programmes; Instituto Inhotim, Curator ...
Part 4 – The Notion of ‘the vernacular’ in Contemporary Brazilian art Kiki Mazzucchelli, Independent curator and writer ...
Part 3 – Urbanism and Urban Theatre: Carlos Teixeira, Founder of Studio Vazio, author ‘History of the Void in Belo Horizionte’ (1999) ...
Part 2 – Historical overview of the concept of Modernism in Brazilian design: Livia Rezende, Tutor in History of Design, Victoria and Albert Museum / Royal College of...
This will be a series of seven videos, each was taken of the speakers at the Brazil Contemporary event that was held on the 21st March 2014 at the V&A. The videos will be...
By Livia Rezende, Tutor in History of Design, Victoria and Albert Museum / Royal College of Art Brazilians have been coming to South Kensington to show and debate art and...
On a recent research trip to the Barbican I had what was both a fascinating and rather uncomfortable experience visiting the Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: from the Sidewalk...
Post written by Michael McShane – Work Experience Report 23rd – 27th July 2014 Spending a week of work experience in the research department of the Victoria and Albert...
As the Research Department Administrator it is not often that I get the opportunity to delve into the depths of the V&A stores but I recently had the chance to do just that in...