After yesterday’s series of buildings, scattered around various bits of Europe I’ve happened to visit over the past five years or so, a … More
Category: Sculpture
Feb 8 2012: A Gallery of Thirty-Six Architectural Photographs Covering a Range of Styles (2006 – 2011)
There’s no real thread connecting these thirty-six colour photographs other than the fact that they all come from folders on … More
Jan 20 2012: Domestic Interiors from Golden Homes Magazine (Marshall Cavendish, 1972)
These 1970s interiors are not, it has to be said, from the higher end of the design spectrum, where the likes … More
Jan 17 2012: A Pictorial Analysis of the Grip (from a Student Design Portfolio, c.1990)
It’s not difficult to understand why these photographs were taken, as they appeared in a portfolio of work made by … More
Jan 16 2012: A Folder Containing Thirteeen Small Postcards from a Former Soviet Republic (1955)
I’m not a hundred percent sure of my translation, so I’m not sure where the landscapes and views preserved in this … More
Jan 14 2012: A Gallery of Twenty-Four Photographs and Case Studies from Architectural Review (March 1966)
These twenty-four photographs show a group of buildings deemed notable by the editors of Architectural Review magazine in March 1966, … More
Jan 7 2012: Twenty Five Maps Showing Layouts and Exhibits at The Festival of Britain (South Bank Exhibition Programme, 1951)
Following yesterday’s introductory miscellany of drawings, models and photographs, today presents what is, I suppose, the meat of the Festival … More
Jan 6 2012: Six Photographs and a Map from The Festival of Britain (South Bank Exhibition Programme, 1951)
Last year saw the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Festival of Britain and, by coincidence, I happened during 2011 to … More
Jan 1 2012: Eight Photographs of an Unknown Woman in a Variety of Unknown Locations (1950s)
There’s no way of telling who the rather elegant lady in these photographs might be, nor (to my eye, at … More
Dec 13 2011: Forty Images from Well Dressing in Derbyshire by Roy Christian (Derbyshire Countryside, 1991)
A selection of illustrations from a 1991 booklet looking at the tradition of well-dressing in the Derbyshire peaks through spring … More