University of Brighton Design Archives

Poster for an art exhibition shows a painting of a green square with black lines resembling a fence, there is a hole cut out in one of the planks in the shape of a heart, blue sky is visible through the cutout. A grey rectangle below contains the text about the exhibition

Patrick Caulfield: Prints 1964-83
Under the patronage of the British Council in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro.
April 9 - May 5, 1985

Poster from the Richard Hollis Archive

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Just some of the interconnections between our collections. @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYAConnections

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Colourful sketch in browns, greens and blues of a museum exhibit for the Commonwealth Museum, by James Gardner, catalogue ID: LJG/3/3/1/8/2

Black and white photograph of Barbara Jones in front of a mural of tall grasses, palm trees, a lake and a house, Catalogue ID: LJG/3/3/1/8/1

James Gardner (1907-1995) was the Chief Designer of the Battersea Pleasure Gardens. He also worked on the South Bank & the 'People of Britain' displays @ the Festival. Gardner also designed the Commonwealth Institute, now @designmuseum.bsky.social, where he commissioned a mural by Barbara Jones.
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Black and white photograph of the Skylon tower and Dome of Discovery from the Festival of Britain. From the Design Council Archive, ID: DCA/30/1/FOB/DD/20

Colourful mural showing different sporting activities. Design by Dorrit Dekk, catalogue ID DDK/8/1

The @designcouncil.bsky.social archive is our largest collection & most of our designers worked with or for the Council, in particular on the Festival of Britain exhibition, 1951. Seen here, the Skylon & the Dome of Discovery, and a mural for the sports pavilion by Dorrit Dekk (1917-2014).
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Blue yellow and white poster with red and blue text. Poster is for the exhibition titled Design 69 from 22 countries, an exhibition held in conjunction with the Sixth Congress of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID). DCA/10/1/125

Cover of the Sixth ICSID General Assembly & Congress 1969 is white with repeating design of the ICSID logo and a stylised 69 in red. Catalogue ID: ICD-2-4-1-03

Not only did ICSID have a close relationship with ICOGRADA, they also worked with the @designcouncil.bsky.social.
In 1969 and again in 2025, the two organisations held a joint World Design Congress.
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White paper with a typed list of the Icograda ogranizing committee. From the ICOGRADA archive, ICO/1/1/1/1

Yellow poster with a large black spiral in the middle, the spiral is made up of very thin black lines. Vis-Com 71 is written in the middle of the spiral. From the ICOGRADA archive, ICO/6/4

Henrion & de Majo were also involved in foundation of ICOGRADA, the Intnl Council of Graphic Design Associations, now known as the ICoD. ICOGRADA worked closely with ICSID, now known as the @wdo.org and a merger between the two orgs was suggested at the 1971 Vienna Congress & General Assembly.
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Black and white photography of a BOAC display stand by HA Rothholz. Catlaogue ID: RHZ/1/1/4/1/1

Paper with coloured sketches of flags and other designs for stands for BOAC by Willy de Majo, Catalogue ID: WDM/2/4/4/1

Yellow menu with a black wood-grain print on it. Menu options are written in shapes depicting a wheel of cheese, a steak, a spoon and a heart box. Grill & Cheese menu by HA Rothholz, Catalogue ID RHZ/1/1/26

BOAC poster with caption, 'It's a small world by Speedbird'. Image depicts a blue bird or plane shape surrounded by world flags flying over a map. Designed by FHK Henrion.

In addition to designing menus and other material for J Lyons restaurants Bacon & Egg and Grill & Cheese, HA Rothholz (1919-2000) also designed for the British Overseas Airway Corporation (BOAC), as did fellow DA designers FHK Henrion (1914-1990) and Willy de Majo (1917-1993).
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Black and white photograph of internal stairwell of Simpson's Piccadilly department store from the Joseph Emberton archive. Copyright of the print belongs to The Architect and Building News

Black and white photograph of a window display showing women's gloves, shoes, stockings, hats and other accessories, from the Natasha Kroll archive.

Natasha Kroll (1914-2004) designed window displays for Simpsons of Piccadilly department store which was designed by fellow DA designer Joseph Emberton (1889-1956). Kroll also worked on the interior design for J. Lyons & Co restaurant Sugar and Spice which opened in Dunstable, 1966.
EMB/2/7/4
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Newspaper article with two images of women in their homes (Barbara Jones and Natasha Kroll), as well as an advertisement for bedroom furniture.

The Design Archives has over 20 collections about mid-20thC design. For @explorearchive #EYAConnections explore some of the connections among our collections.

This article about artist, designer, curator & collector Barbara Jones (1912-1978) also includes a feature on Natasha Kroll.
BJO/6/12

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Call for Papers 2026 Annual Conference of the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland)

The portal for submissions for our 2026 Conference (Glasgow 5-7 Aug) closes this Friday. Our theme "Authenticity" has never been more relevant. Find all the details and how to submit here openingdoors-ara2026.eventsair.site/call-for-pap...

turquoise poster with black, orange, green, blue olympic rings on a diagonal, and a yellow circular 'sun' like shape in the top right corner.

Olympiade München 1972
Munich Olympics 1972
Design led by Otl Aicher and his team
Poster from the collection of FHK Henrion.

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colour photograph of a display at the V&A East. Visible is a baby bath, a trolly and a physics teaching aid

black and white photo of a plastic baby bath in a wooden frame

black and white photo of a metal trolly in three different configurations

colour photograph of students and a teacher looking at a physics teaching aid

On display at V&A East, a selection of @designcouncil.bsky.social award winning designs including;
the Ekco Gold Seal Superbath by Ekco Plastics Ltd, 1958, DCA/30/7/1958/4/1,
the Ease-e-load trolly, 1960, DCA/30/7/1969/4/1,
& the atomic physics teaching aid by Teltron Ltd, 1971, DCA/30/7/1971/1/1

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Yellow cover of a magazine with an image of two children painting on an easel. Design is in large black letters at the top.

Design, February 1956.
Cover by K. Garland.

In the first Provocative Objects blog of 2026, Anneke Coppoolse, Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Communication Design at Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea, examines stranded marine waste as revealing design decisions and material economies. Read it here: buff.ly/15S4Pvf

Margate by train
Designed by Edward Pond
ICOGRADA / the ICoD archive
ICO/3/14/167

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illustration of an exhibition display mockup in shades of blue and black. The catalogue ID for this is design is LJG/3/26/2/4

black and grey illustration of a museum display or sign of a 'Berlin street' Visible are shop fronts and shop signs. Catalogue ID for this design is LJG/3/26/2/5

Architectural plan for the Museum of Tolerance. Catalogue ID for this design is LJG/3/26/2/1

James Gardner was one of Britain’s foremost exhibition designers who was commissioned to work on commercial, public and museum projects around the world. Here, some of his designs for the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, 1993. museumoftolerance.com

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Artist duo, Athen & Nina, were commissioned by BFI Screencraft and supported by @womensscreenwork.bsky.social to respond to Bend It Like Beckham materials in the Gurinder Chadha Collection. If near Southbank, do take a look at their installation. Until 1st Feb.
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