Archive for November 2011

Free postcards and posters showcasing VADS images

A new set of postcards are now available which showcase the thousands of digital images that are available on VADS and free for educational use.

VADS Poster

The new publicity material includes images from some of the new collections that are available online in 2011 – from a handbag constructed using milk bottle tops from the Museum of Design in Plastics at Arts University College at Bournemouth, to a 1950s painting of Lots Road Power Station by British artist John Minton from the Royal College of Art Collection, and from a 1960s evening gown from the Woolmark Company Archive at London College of Fashion, to an image from the archives at University College Falmouth by former Principal of Falmouth School of Art, Tom Cross.

Rhoda bag by Sarah Bayley, 2009, Museum of Design in Plastics, Arts University College at Bournemouth          Lots Road Power Station, painting by John Minton, 1953, Royal College of Art Collection          Evening gown by David Styne, for 'The Girl Game' wardrobe, 1967, the Woolmark Company Archive at London College of Fashion
Tuart Forest II, watercolour by Tom Cross, 1999, Tom Cross Archive at University College Falmouth

The publicity material is available freely to universities, colleges, schools and libraries across the UK. Contact us on info@vads.ac.uk or 01252 892723 to request copies.

You can also download the poster directly from the VADS website, at: vads.ac.uk/publicity

 

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