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A good home

By crownfolio | Published: February 2, 2012

Earlier this week, I went to the Design Archives at the University of Brighton, to see if they wanted Daphne Padden’s archives, or at least what we had acquired of it. Fortunately they were not only very delightful but also decided they did want them, and these three images are just a few of the [...]

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The forgotten man

By crownfolio | Published: January 25, 2012

I’ve said it before, and I will no doubt get around to saying it again, but Harry Stevens is a very underestimated poster artist.  That thought is mostly provoked by this 1954 poster, which we bought a copy of recently, (although one which I have to admit is slightly more battered than this picture). It’s [...]

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A curiosity

By crownfolio | Published: January 23, 2012

Once again, found in the great warehouse of curiosities which is eBay.  It’s a Fitton, not a poster this time but a painting. And I’m pretty sure it’s the same Fitton too.  Certainly the signature matches those on the paintings in the Dulwich Art Gallery catalogue. But even were it not signed, that acid green [...]

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Architecture subsidiary art to confectionary, obviously

By crownfolio | Published: January 6, 2012

I’ve been reading quite a lot about the Festival of Britain recently (mainly because there is, still, precious little else written about design in the 1950s).  But it has reminded me that I really do need to get around to inventing some form of time travel. This is Barbara Jones sorting out exhibits for Black [...]

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Why Miss Jones

By crownfolio | Published: January 3, 2012

Another rave from the grave for the last of the holiday season.  This is revived mainly because it is not possible to have too much Barbara Jones on this blog, but also because I have been reading about her work for the Festival of Britain and will be posting about it in due course (due [...]

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War Games

By crownfolio | Published: December 14, 2011

When I posted this Games poster on the blog last week, I mentioned that there was more to be said about the subject. I’ve been meaning to write about Abram Games’ war posters for a while now and that poster (which incidentally fetched £950 at Onslows when it was sold a few days ago) has [...]

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