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Blog PostMaterial choices – what are things made from and why?of a modest unglazed clay teapot (in this case a replica of one that once belong to a 17th- century Chinese…
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Blog PostBlackhorse Workshop: Making and CommunityEight years later, we have 50 resident makers working across the creative industries from furniture makers…
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Blog PostPandemic Objects: Toilet RollHowever, one Chinese visitor to Britain in the 1860s was appalled to find no purpose-made toilet paper…
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Blog PostA Tour of China’s Design Cities: BeijingCentral Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) 中央美术学院 The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and the Chinese Academy…
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Blog PostGlobal design histories and contemporary art practice: Lubna Chowdhary in residence at the V&Athe sixteenth century, the British East India Company and British colonial encroachment on Indian and Chinese…
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Blog PostA Tour of China’s Design Cities: ShanghaiShanghai is the largest Chinese city by population (and the largest city proper by population in the…
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Blog PostV&A joins China Merchants Shekou Holdings (CMSK) in launching Design Societythe V&A Gallery and other exhibition halls are located, the Guanfu Museum, presenting a collection of Chinese…
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Blog PostV&A joins China Merchants Shekou Holdings (CMSK) in launching Design Societythe objects in the gallery will be drawn from the V&A’s major collections of fashion, photography, furniture…
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Blog PostWhat V&A objects have you been searching for in 2017?Dress William Morris Fashion Embroidery Corset Wallpaper Balenciaga Chair Toys Jewellery Shoes Art Deco Furniture…
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Blog PostIntroducing Ross Atkin – Design Society’s first Maker in Residencebodies, charities and medium sized UK manufacturing companies creating products like intelligent street furniture…
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Blog PostThe V&A Shekou Project: highlights from 2016Green, Learning Manager of the Shekou project, organised discussion groups with designers, teachers of Chinese…
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Blog PostGarnitures: What a difference a vase makes!Vase sets, also known as ‘garnitures’ (ie. to garnish or adorn furniture or interiors), come to life…
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Blog PostFrom Shanghai to Sevenoaks – the Denton Welch bequestwere enriched with shells, ammonites, coral and feldspar crystal and the interior was decorated with Chinese…
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Blog PostGolden Glitter: Recreating the aventurine speckles on the Dresden CabinetToday’s post comes from Tristram Bainbridge, Furniture Conservator, who has been working on this eye-catching…
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Blog PostObject Pitch Day 3 – 16 September 2014OP3/07 Kate Hay, assistant curator in the Furniture, Textiles and Fashion Department, continued the “…
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Blog PostMeet the Shekou Team!Since the groundbreaking ceremony, Brendan Cormier joined the V&A Furniture, Textile and Fashion department…
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Blog PostA Tour of China’s Design Cities: Hong Kongnoticed any of them – and in the atrium café we immediately spot and inspect several pieces of designer furniture…
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Blog PostThere are so many shoesthe V&A Collection; that includes footwear – shoes, sandals and boots – from the Asian department and Furniture…
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Blog PostA year at the Clothworkers’ CentreSarah Westbury, Furniture, Textiles and Fashion Department The V&A has an incredible collection of textiles…
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Blog PostConservation and Mounting of a Chinese Export Wallpaper PanelPaper Conservators at the V&A are responsible for everything from minute portrait miniature paintings to enormous printed posters. Historic wallpapers also come under their remit, and the V&A has an extremely fine collection. As part...
