Tag: Material culture AudioArts and Inspiration Day at The National Archives 2014: Design history and material cultureFriday 5 June 2015Julie Halls discusses design history and material culture as a potential area for research....AudioBig Ideas: Rapid response collectingFriday 13 March 2015Rapid Response Collecting is a new strand to the V&A’s collecting activity – one...AudioThe huns have got my gramophone: advertisements from the Great WarFriday 13 February 2015In the nineteenth century, Britain led the world in the production of illustrated books...VideoInventions that didn’t change the world: a history of Victorian curiositiesTuesday 11 November 2014In an era when Britain led the world in technological innovation, a host of...AudioInventions that didn’t change the world: a history of Victorian curiosities – audioThursday 6 November 2014In an era when Britain led the world in technological innovation, a host of...AudioBig Ideas: Searching the unsearchableMonday 25 November 2013Colour, pattern and texture are all ‘content’ but are not searchable like written text....AudioDesign online: extending access to the BT Design RegisterMonday 17 June 2013This talk focuses on recent research linked to widening online access the Board of...VideoA momentous question: decorating the Victorian homeMonday 22 April 2013The rise of an increasingly affluent Victorian middle class and the availability of mass...AudioHenry VIII and Anne Boleyn: clothing, courtship and consequencesThursday 20 September 2012This talk covers a range of documents in the collection of The National Archives...AudioTextile designs 1842-1964: exploring the Board of Trade Representations and RegistersFriday 7 October 2011In 1839 the Board of Trade established a scheme for proprietors of original designs...AudioFashion or ration: Hartnell, Amies and dressing for the BlitzThursday 18 February 2010How did the fashionable woman of the Second World War and post war era...