Typography has been on my mind a lot recently what with ordering all of those extra copies of books for the bumper in-take of Graphic Design students.  We’ve also got a little treat coming up next year, an online resource …

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20th Century Fashion: 100 Years of Apparel Ads by Jim Heimann (editor) and Alison A. Nieder (text) This week I chose a book on fashion; a subject I have not covered before.  During the 20th century, fashion evolved from being …

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Its great to have the new book display up and running again, a good excuse to have a nice coffee in the library cafe and peruse the shelves of glossy new books. Today I chose to look at British Design …

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It is ten years since the death of the Tricorn and to celebrate or commiserate (the choice is yours) there is a fascinating exhibition at the Portsmouth City Museum until 29th June. Don’t miss it! http://www.portsmouthcitymuseums.co.uk/      

You know what I mean, those chocolate covered marshmallow domes of loveliness!  And what’s got me thinking about these today?  Well when I arrived on the second floor of the library I was greeted by the new edition of Eye: …

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