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Three British Mosques at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale
In 2002, architecture critic Jonathan Glancey asked in The Guardian: ‘Why are there no great British mosques?’ He praised the first purpose-built mosque in Britain,...
Christopher Turner
Design and Society
Design and society
Pandemic Objects: Keffiyeh Mask
Design and society
Creating a gallery during a pandemic
Design and society
Three British Mosques at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale
Design and society
Pandemic Objects: The Pub
Design and society
How a cornfield became a political battlefield in 1815
Design and society
Tenniel packs a Punch with a curiouser and curiouser political cartoon
Design and society
Pandemic Objects: Copper
Design and society
Pandemic Objects: Clothing Shop
Design and society
Pandemic Objects: Al Fresco
Design and society
In conversation with Ranti Bam
Design and society
Flowers fit for a crystal palace
Design and society
Pandemic Objects: Radio
Making Design 1900 – Now
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Creating a gallery during a pandemic
When we (last posted) an update from the Design 1900—Now gallery it was in autumn 2019 and we were preparing the...
Johanna Agerman Ross
Design and society
Creating a gallery during a pandemic
Caring for our collections
How to deinstall a complicated object
Design and society
Behind the scenes: decanting the 20th Century Gallery
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Pandemic objects
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Pandemic Objects: Bags
For this special edition of Pandemic Objects, Dr Lucia Savi, who is the exhibition curator for Bags: Inside Out reflects on the enduring attraction of the accessory despite our...
Lucia Savi
Design and society
Pandemic Objects: Keffiyeh Mask
Design and society
Pandemic Objects: The Pub
Design and society
Pandemic Objects: Copper
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Sustainability
Design and society
A renewed focus for sustainability at the V&A
Design and society
Upcycling our waste crates in response to LDF’s Day of Design challenge
Design and society
There’s something growing at the V&A….
Design and society
Cheesy celebrity selfies
Museum life
Farewell Fashioned from Nature
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Christopher Turner 
