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2| summer 1995






Editorial 

Helen Clifford

The makers of old silver:
Goldsmiths, their marks and methods of manufacture

Sarah Foster

A taste for the oriental: 
An 18th-century tea tub by Parker & Wakelin

Katherine Sharp

Lord Exeter's liking for cheese:
A cheese plate by Parker & Wakelin

Ann Kelly

Ponds in the parlour:
The Victorian aquarium

Rebecca Preston

Little English landscapes:
Suburban gardens between the wars

Harri Kalha

The story of Matti & Maija: 
Beyond good taste in Finnish design


other things

David Crowley

Market moderne
The invention of Polish art deco

Clive Hilton

Why is tennis so boring?
How technology trashed a game

Katherine Sharp

Time on their hands
A La Ronde
National Trust
Exmouth, Devon

Victoria Kelley

Of the people, for the people
The Pumphouse People's History Museum
The National Museum of Labour History
Manchester

Liz Boggis

War into peace
World War II and the American Dream:
How Wartime Building Changed a Nation
National Building Museum
Washington, USA

Stephen Escritt

A date with death
Highgate Cemetery, London

Robin Kinross

All the stuff you need to know

Richard Hollis

Graphic Design: A Concise History
Thames & Hudson, London

Paddy Johnson

If you've got it, flaunt it
The Pierpoint Morgan Library
New York, USA

Jonathan Swift

Abolishing words
Extract from Gulliver's Travels,1726

Hannah Andrassy

Full teenage drag
Streetstyle  From Sidewalk to Catwalk. From 1940 to Tomorrow
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
16 November 1994 - 19 February, 1995

Jane Pavitt

Changing selves
Prague 1891-1941: Architecture and Design
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
22 October 1994 - 7 January 1995

Edwin Morgan

A view of things
Poem

Liz Boggis

Surviving the nine-to-five
Good Offices and Beyond: The Evolution of the Workplace
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
New York, USA

Ruth Levy & Andrea Owen

Ooh, Bodyform
Advertising and the female body

Lesley Miller

Covering the body
The Culture of Fashion: A New History of Fashionable Dress
Christopher Breward, Manchester University Press, Manchester

Leonie Stanton

Foodies and boozers
Tasty. Good Enough to Eat?
Royal Institute of British Architects, London
23 June - 4 August 1994

Clive Hilton

The invention of traditions
The 1995 Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition
London
16 March - 9 April 1995

Stephen Escritt

Beyond the godfather
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Early Years
Design Museum, London
4 April - 3 September 1995

Letter from Helsinki
A report on a study visit by the Victoria & Albert Museum/Royal College of Art MA course in the History of Design, April 1995