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“Women’s Wear Daily”, as the name suggests, is a daily publication focusing on the business of women’s clothing. Published in America from 1910, it’s been monitoring trends for over a century. The complete archive of this publication, complete with high …
Don’t forget your pants! An exploration of the Women’s Wear Daily archive online Read more »
Last night was a first for some of our Film Studies and Creative Writing final year students who saw five of their completed projects on the big screen at No. 6 Cinema in the Historic Dockyard. Three films explored the …
Creative Arts Film Review: Student Shorts at No. 6 on Thursday 28th May Read more »
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 …
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 …
Took advantage of a work trip to Bath to visit the Fashion Museum. The current exhibition, Georgians: Dress for Polite Society, is fabulous including sumptuous dresses and beautifully embellished gowns and even coats for men. It was interesting to see …
Farnsworth House: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe by Maritz Vandenberg When I saw this book on the Farnsworth House I knew we had to buy it for Architecture as we have very limited print resources about this building. It was …
This week’s book of the week is Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. You can find it in the Large book section which is at the end of the book sequence in Zone 2B of the University Library. It …
Change your mind: 57 ways to unlock your creative self by Rod Judkins “Great artists, designers, musicians and writers are … ordinary” is the reassuring opening statement of this book. I chose it because it looked accessible – something I …
The World Bank Before I review this website, a few lines about the organisation in question. The World Bank provides large loans for capital investment in developing countries. It is a United Nations financial institution and was established in 1944 …
What kind of Western comprised over a third of all Westerns financed by German producers? That’s just the kind of thing you can find out in Germany 2 our latest addition to the Directory of World Cinema series. This nicely …
