Topic guide

Designers

Profiles, collaborations and research guides covering mid-century designers across furniture, architecture, textiles and graphic design.

Profiles that explain why a designer matters, how the work developed and what to notice beyond the most familiar image.

Guides in preparation

  • Lesser-known Danish furniture designers
  • British designers shaped by utility and reconstruction
  • Women working across mid-century furniture, textiles and interiors
  • Design partnerships and the problem of uneven credit
  • How to research a designer using museum and archive records

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A quiet monthly letter

One object. One building. One designer.

A concise monthly note for people who want to look more closely at twentieth-century design. No daily churn.

The first letter is in preparation.