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greyscale plan for the ground floor of a many-floored building
a blond woman in a neurtal coloured coat with a black handbag on her right arm is taking money out of a silver cash machine.
cover of a magazine is blue with a graphic illustration of light green and white lamps hanging from a ceiling.
black and white photo of a woman in a bed that is shaped like a shoe or a skate. She's wearing a black blazer and has dark brown hair. The bed is on a tilted platform.
typed black text on white and cream paper from the ICSID archive, University of Brighton Design Archives
colour illustration of an exhibition design about Stonehenge
Illustration in shades of blue on blue paper of a scientific exhibit in a museum.
colour photograph of one room at Towner Art Gallery. On the left is a dark blue wall hung with framed pictures, on the right the walls are white hung with framed pictures and there is a table display to the left side. Photography © Rob Harris
colour photo of a bird's eye view looking down onm a house with the title Designing From Home written across the center in orange. The Brighton Rocks Film Festival official selection 2026 laurels are below the title in white
black and white photo of a tea making machine and small display of products
cream coloured paper with blue handwritten text that is often crossed out in places
colour illustration in brown black green and yellow of a church and graveyard that is the frontispiece of a book. To the right, is the title page of the book, 'On Trust For The Nation' by Clough Williams-Ellis
a typed letter on BBC letterhead from David Attenborough to Barbara Jones
photograph looking down at a grey table. On top of the table to the left is a negative inside a transparent plastic envelope, on the right is a pile of photographs. To the top is some old sellotape pieces , a pencil and a brown envelope.
magazine cover is a black and white photo of the Design Centre. Design is written in black letters in a coral box at the top, and some squares on the building's facade are coloured in yellow
book cover is white with black and red text
black laurels surround the following text also printed in black: Best Short Documentary London Independent Film Festival 2026
black and white photograph of a tea making machine with a small exhibition display stand to the left.
black poster with a vodka bottle in the middle-left, a red dotted line extends from the bottle diagonally to the right towards an illustration of a truck that has crashed into a telephone pole. The text is written in white.
Colourful illustration of an Italian shipyard. Giorgio Barilani illustration of the Riva shipyard in Sarnico, Italy, with a view of the Plancia, Carlo Riva’s former office, 1965, Archivio Storico Riva – Ferretti Group.
37 black and white photographs are tiled into one composite image. Photos include designed objects like phones, cameras, glasses, cutlery, cars, toilets, textiles, clothing, packaging and more.
Illustration of a teal sickle is overlaid on an illustration of a hammer inside a red tank. The poster text is in both turquoise and red. 25 Years of Progress exhibition poster, FHK Henrion Archive, University of Brighton Design Archives. Courtesy of FHK Henrion Estate.
black and white photo of a man sitting outside on a bench outside a brick home. A woman carrying a tray opens a door to join him. Image of FHK Henrion and Daphne Hardy Henrion in the garden of their home in Hampstead, c.1947. Photograph by Anneli Bunyard, courtesy Estate of Anneli Bunyard.
thermal image of an archive store shows an image of a hallway in purple, orange and pink hues
closeup colour photograph of a set of artificial teeth and gums
very colourful illustration of the inside of a science museum. Visible are many 3-d shapes, (cubes, spheres, pyramids and more complex shapes) many of which hang from the ceiling or are found in cases.
two colour advertisements for Harella coats. On the left is a woman standing in a field of flowers with a butterfly flying by her and the sun shining down. On the right, a woman stroking an Emu. Both images are slightly surreal in composition and the tagline for Harella is printed at the bottom, 'It's a dream, it's Harella'.
blue cover of a magazine with Design written in large black letters in the top-right. The cover shows an illustration of shelves laid out in a grid pattern with different types of objects in each square such as a bowl, a teapot, clock, vase, scale, lamp, etc.
newpaper clipping of a woman sitting at a desk pointing at a small version of a mural she painted.
orange circular case with 'Autobahn 16mm/colour' typed on a cream and brown circular label in the centre
beige paper with various illustrations of eyes in blank ink, pencil and yellow ink
Surrealist-esque advertisement from a magazine for Harella coats shows two female figures, one without a head, the other a dress mannequin with a head, on a large country estate.
sepia toned photograph of a woman with short, dark hair. She's vignetted, and wearing a printed top. The photographer's stamp is visible in the bottom corner and the picture was taken in Berlin on Kurfüstendamm 13.
black and white photo of a woman with short hair, leaning to the side. She's wearing a graphic blouse with a dramatic collar.
black and white photo of a woman sitting at a drawing table with a kitten on her shoulder
poster with black and white photo of a woman's face and smaller images of other women dotted around the poster as well.
black and white photo of a woman standing on scaffolding in front of a painted mural of a lake surrounded by homes as well as natural flora and fauna including a turtle
Cover of Design magazine consists of yellow, red, pink and white coloured blocks, with a black and white photograph of a plant on a garden table, and a couple close up photos of textile prints
A red and yellow table covered with archival material
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
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 the Skylon tower and Dome of Discovery from the Festival of Britain. From the Design Council Archive, ID: DCA/30/1/FOB/DD/20
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
White paper with a typed list of the Icograda ogranizing committee. From the ICOGRADA archive, ICO/1/1/1/1
Black and white photography of a BOAC display stand by HA Rothholz. Catlaogue ID: RHZ/1/1/4/1/1
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
Newspaper article with two images of women in their homes (Barbara Jones and Natasha Kroll), as well as an advertisement for bedroom furniture.
turquoise poster with black, orange, green, blue olympic rings on a diagonal, and a yellow circular 'sun' like shape in the top right corner.
colour photograph of a display at the V&A East. Visible is a baby bath, a trolly and a physics teaching aid
Yellow cover of a magazine with an image of two children painting on an easel. Design is in large black letters at the top.
Blue poster with bright colored shapes and lines as well as black ink illustration of a rollercoaster to represent the attractions in Margate. Margate is written in white block letters at the bottom.
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
yellow cover of a menu with an illustration of chef holding a spit with meat on it in one hand and a tray with cheese and a bottle in the other
illustration of a museum exhibit about outer space in shades of blue, black, green and a hint of orange
Material inside an exhibition display case including facsimile newspaper clippings and photographs about Bristol Tattoo Club founder Les Skuse, his tattoos and the tattoos he did on longtime client Pam Nash. Also includes facsimiles of Letraset tattoos.
green and cream cover of a journal showing a black arm chair and half of a clock
Light pink poster with an illustration of a stamp in red. The stamp is set to 25 Dec 1971, and also says 'Greetings For Christmas, Negus and Negus Designers'. This is a realistic illustration and the stamp reads in reverse.
Poster with NOEL spelled out in red, the negative space between the letters is green. Each letter occupies a square and the letters are laid out so NO is on top of EL
nine Christmas cards laid out in a grid; there are images of santas, trees, paint brushes to look like ornaments, all in vibrant colours of pink, red, green and blue