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Sylvia Ikua: Collecting Colour

I stand by a cold, sterile-white table in the Museum of Design and Architecture. I am watching Sim Panaser, a young, passionate Curator, as she gently places a large book on the table. This is my first visit to the museum, a friend of mine had praised their collection of interesting and quirky objects so […]

Catherine Rose Scott: Musings of a Wallpaper Rookie

I can’t claim to understand wallpaper very well. Even though I know that it is durable and has an impressive variety of patterns, the idea of essentially glueing paper to a wall is alien to me. Maybe this comes from growing up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where wallpaper had fallen completely out of fashion […]

Leah Orford: Foraging For Inspiration

Often students surprise us with the innovative ways in which they use MoDA's collections.

Giulia Ricci: Artist in Residence at Middlesex University

We invited Giulia Ricci, artist in residence with the Fine Art Department at Middlesex University, to share her experience of visits to MoDA’s Study Room: [My work] The Grammar of Order is a piece of work consisting of a series of A1 digital prints; these loose sheets form a catalogue of patterns which are collected […]