Unmaking Things

UNMAKING THINGS is a blog run by the students on the V&A/RCA History of Design programme. These are their tweets. #historyofdesign #unmakingthings

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@JBHist Thank you! We feel it’s important to have these conversations and appreciate your support!

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Just realized the link in the original post didn’t work (whoops!). Here is the correct link: https://t.co/pPh0q70Y7U

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Our newest blog post is up! ‘The Materiality of Abuse’ by Nia Thandapani explores how we, as a society, and institutions alike, deal with discovering problematic pasts of artists- using a specific artist as a case study (https://t.co/OPxPgGyl4v)

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Please seek help from professionals if you have experienced, or you know someone who has experienced, abuse. The Survivors Trust is a resource with different helplines to use if needed - https://t.co/dPduR9muaM

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This piece discusses the concept of ‘separating the artist from their art’ and what institutions can do to recontextualize artists and/or their work

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Our newest post is up! A book review of The Politics of Design: A (Not So) Global Manual for Visual Communication by Ruben Pater....and how it is situated against problematic figures in the Graphic Design world. Review by @Pooski_pie

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Send us pictures from your favourite places! [email protected]

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What happens when your favourite places change? When landscapes evolve and shift? Check out the website for a photo essay of Dungeness by Ruth Connolly exploring this theme #designhistory #dungeness

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Check out our website for the essay: https://t.co/OPxPgGyl4v

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We have a special post today of some students’ reflections on the fire at Notre Dame this week. Please join us in thinking about objects, history, and their meaning on a personal and universal level 📸 Ruth Connolly #Notre_dame_de_Paris

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Have you ever been confronted by thoughts of life post-human? In ‘Jennifer Taylor: performing the post-human’ by Emily Hartless, this concept is discussed through a case study of performance art based in Wales. Check it out now on our site! https://t.co/a8ExHQlQE6 #performingart

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One of our very own! We couldn’t be more proud 🥰 If you’re in London please come to the Performance Festival at the V&A!

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We are delighted to announce that V&A/RCA History of Design student, Ellye Van Grieken is part of the 2019 Performance Festival at the V&A, with a performance inspired by her research and based on Dion Boucicault's Babil and Bijou. https://t.co/SoZZpxXPuF

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The first installment of ‘Chair(s) with Gregor’ is now up! This series is an ode to the ‘most sold chair ever’: The Series 7 by Fritz Hansen. You’ll wish you were sitting in it while reading this piece: https://t.co/OPxPgGyl4v #designhistory #v&a #rca #fritzhansen #series7chair

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‘Change My Mind: The V&A Should Have Acquired the MAGA Hat Too’ by Petra Seitz Discussing topics of Rapid Response, PC Culture, and the role of The Museum in an era of high political tension. Read now at https://t.co/MoAuzeVi3W #designhistory #historyofdesign #vamuseum #rca

[Ottilia Anna MaSibanda @MaS1banda]

Stolen.
Send them back.
✌🏾️

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Interactive Histories’ is the first theme for 2018. Submissions welcome! Our poster is by History of Design’s own, Alex Constantine.

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Materials used to research tile design for the brand new @V_and_A courtyard. More in my essay for the summer print edition of @DisegnoDaily

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Congrats to our 2017 graduates today at Convocation!

[Josie Kane @JosieKane]

Huge congratulations to all involved in @RCA @V_and_A History of Design Symposium tonight @unmakingthings