Research projects and exhibitions

           

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Finnish Design project 2012

Showcasing Finnish material within the Design Archives to mark Helsinki’s designation as World Design Capital 2012.

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Portraits: Women Designers 2012

Design Archives' PhD student produces digital resource launched on International Women's Day.

DCA0060, Design Council Collection, University of Brighton Design Archives

60th Anniversary of the Festival of Britain 2011

Design Archives contributes to celebratory projects.

Detail, Max Gill, University of Brighton Design Archives

MacDonald 'Max' Gill - A Digital Resource 2011

A resource developed by the Design Archives on the life, work and significance of MacDonald Gill.


Archiving Design Organisations 2011

A Design Archives seminar funded by the Design History Society.


Faculty Fellow Dr Harriet Atkinson

Harriet Atkinson is in the final stages of writing a book entitled: The Festival of Britain: a land and its people

Conservation tools, University of Brighton Design Archives

Conserving the archive

An account of conservation work in connection with Design Archives' projects written by Sirpa Kutilainen.

Design Atlas, University of Brighton Faculty of Arts

'Towards an Atlas of the Design Profession' 2011

An AHRC funded Collaborative Doctorate between the Design Archives and the Chartered Society of Designers.

Look Here, University of Brighton Design Archives

Look-Here! project 2011

Digitisation of documentation from the official Festival of Britain administrative files.

DCA-30-7-1960-9-1-1, University of Brighton Design Archives

JISC Digital Images for Education project 2010

The University of Brighton Design Archives took part in a project to create an unrivaled online image library.

Schottlander, University of Brighton Design Archives

Indoors and Out: Bernard Schottlander 2008

An exhibition project between the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds and the University of Brighton Design Archives.

Gabriel Kuri, University of Brighton Design Archives

Gabriel Kuri - Brighton Photo Biennial 2006

An artist-in-residence project moving photography into public space.

Airworld, KLM, University of Brighton Faculty of Arts

Air World - Vitra Design Museum, Germany 2004/6

A major exhibition originated by the Vitra Design Museum including material from the F H K Henrion Archive.

University of Brighton Design Archives

Cultures of Consumption 2005

Deputy Curator Lesley Whitworth concluded her contribution to the ‘Cultures of Consumption’ research programme.

Schottlander, University of Brighton Design Archives

Sculpture and Design 2005

A British Academy-supported conference exploring connections between sculpture and design.

Ilford, University of Brighton Design Archives

The Photograph and Commodity Culture 2004

A one-day symposium organised by Photoforum and the University of Brighton Design Archives.

Im Rausch Der Dinge, Unviersity of Brighton Design Archives

Ecstasy of Things, Winterthur, Switzerland 2004

The Design Archives co-ordinated research in the UK as part of a pan-European exhibition and book project.

Photo Biennial, University of Brighton Design Archives

Brighton Photo Biennial 2003

A series of images selected by those working with the photographic holdings of the Design Council Archive.

OTC00011, University of Brighton Design Archives

Designing Britain 1945-1975: The Visual Experience of Post-war Society 2002

A suite of eight online e-learning and teaching resource modules based on the wealth of the Archives’ holdings.

Les Sixties, University of Brighton Design Archives

Les Sixties, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery 1997

The exhibition 'Les Sixties:Great Britain and France 1962-1973' included photographs from the Design Council Archive.