#Designs Category
James Millar: Finding Inspiration in the Silver Studio Collection
Textile designer James Francis Millar talks about finding inspiration in the Silver Studio Collection [Video].
Keren Protheroe: Winifred Mold and the Silver Studio
Dr Keren Protheroe talks about her research on Winifred Mold, a designer working for the Silver Studio in the early twentieth century [Video].
Nicola Stylianou: An insight into the design process
MoDA's Collections Assistant Nicola Stylianou talks about linking Silver Studio designs with their source material.
Loan: ‘Enid Marx: Print, Pattern and Popular Art’ at The House of Illustration (2018)
MoDA lends items to an exhibition at the House of Illustration in 2018 on textile designer, illustrator and printmaker Enid Marx (1902-1998).
Sarah Kadrnka: illustrations with watercolour
Sarah Kadrnka, a BA Illustration student, chose two watercolours by Silver Studio designer, Winifred Mold, as the theme of her video. “I chose my objects because I really loved the composition and style of the pieces. Being an avid watercolour user myself, I was drawn to Winifred Mold’s pieces. I found this project fun. I enjoyed […]
Sofia Picciuto: “Old King Cole”
Sofia Picciuto, Illustration student at Middlesex University, was inspired by a nursery rhyme [Video].
Loan: ‘The Cult of Beauty’, V&A (2011)
Back in 2011, the V&A‘s exhibition The Cult of Beauty explored the rise of the Aesthetic movement in Britain. Members of the Aesthetic movement – including artists such as Whistler, Rossetti and Leighton – wished to escape the ugliness they saw resulting from Britain’s Industrial Revolution; and wanted instead to create an escapist world of ‘Beauty’. […]