Category Archives: Design

Making models, material models – a past and a future?

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Robert J S Briggs

A little while back, I went to see an exhibition my good friend Lucy had helped to mount at Two Temple Place, the extraordinary London home-cum-headquarters of the Transatlantic Victorian magnate, William Waldorf Astor. Consisting of a wealth of pieces loaned from … Continue reading →

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What’s the point of it all?

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Robert J S Briggs

You’ve got to bear with me on this post as I’m not all that sure where I’m going with it, but safe to say the title in no way should be taken too literally. I’m fine. Today I took in … Continue reading →

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Seasons greetings from Puttenham (and an unseasonal gift from Joshua Tree)

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

Here I sit on Christmas Eve, presents wrapped (just the rosettes and ribbons to add for a little extra pizzazz), wondering how there’s only seven days left of this year. Latterly, time has not expanded in a fashion that has … Continue reading →

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Settling back in to student life

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

You find me midway through my second week of being a student again. A postgraduate student, I hasten to add – I don’t think I have the stamina to be an undergrad a second time around (that, and I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Don’t judge a medieval book by its cover

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

What follows is the scratching of an itch that has been bugging me for months, if not years – the risible quality of the cover design of many medieval text books. Granted, it’s hardly a subject of profound importance, but … Continue reading →

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