My review for the Central and Eastern European London Review of a recent exhibition of Czech indigo print textiles at Czech Centre London.
Read moreKINOTEKA 2019: Interview with Marlena Łukasiak, Kinoteka’s Artistic Director and Producer
My interview with Marlena Łukasiak, Artistic Director and Producer of Polish Film Festival Kinoteka, as the festival opens for its 17th year in London. The festival spans a time period covering Poland’s accession to the EU and Britain’s current Brexit turmoil. It also marks a period of great change in both the Polish and world-wide film industry.
Read moreExhibition Review: Markéta Luskačová at Tate Britain (Spotlights) – “leaving an important sense of the connectedness of human experience”
The Markéta Luskačová exhibition at Tate Britain, part of the Spotlights programme, invites the visitor into moments between waiting and watching, action and pause…
Read moreExhibition review: Glass Rituals - Galerie Kuzebauch at Collect 2019 (Saatchi Gallery London)
For the Central and Eastern European London Review
Read more'In Parallel: Reflections on Community' – Catalogue Essay
My essay interviewing menswear designer Martine Rose, curator and critic Anastasiia Fedorova, artist Mark King, Urban Nerds partner Brett Booth and photographer Greta Ilieva for a catalogue to accompany Community, an exhibition by Middlesex University students, staff and alumni.
Read morePresentation at Sotheby's Institute: Decorative Arts Society Funded Trip to Hungary
Earlier this year I was awarded a bursary to join the Decorative Arts Society on their research trip to Hungary. On November 10th 2018, I presented at the Sotheby’s Institute on some of the highlights of this rich and incredible visit.
Read moreNew Position: Lecturer in Fashion Visual Cultures at Middlesex University
I am delighted to have started a new role as Lecturer in Fashion Visual Cultures at Middlesex University, teaching contextual studies to students in Fashion Design, Fashion Communication & Styling and Fashion Textiles.
Read moreRoyal College of Art: Criticism & Curating Summer School 2018
I’m convening the Criticism & Curating in Art and Design Summer School at the Royal College of Art, with a range of incredible guest speakers and visits to museums and galleries.
Read moreResearch Group: Renegotiating the Narrative in Global Design Histories
Thanks to funding from Nottingham Trent University's Global Heritage: Science, Management & Development Seed-Corn (Early-Mid Career) Research Fund, we were reunited with the members of Dr Hui-Ying Kerr and I's panel for the Los Angeles CAA 2018 Conference to continue our re-examination of methods by which post-war cultural practices have negotiated ideas of centrality.
Read moreAwarded Bursary for Decorative Arts Society Hungary Trip
Thanks to the Decorative Arts Society, I recently attended an incredibly rich an inspiring trip to Hungary to visit a range of sites across the country.
Read moreNew Visiting Lecturing Roles: London College of Fashion & Royal College of Art
Visiting Lecturing in Critical & Historical Studies at London College of Fashion (Womenswear and Jewellery Design) and at the Royal College of Art (Ceramics & Glass, Jewellery & Metal)
Read moreCo-Chairing CAA Panel 2018: Call for Papers on 'Imagining the International'
I am co-chairing this panel with Dr Hui-Ying Kerr in February 2018. We are grateful to have been awarded this opportunity as the funded CAA affiliated session for the Design History Society.
Read moreCzech Exhibition & Anthology Review for West 86th Journal
My review of Things and Words: Art Industry, Applied Arts and Design in Czech Theory and Criticism 1870–1970 for West 86th
Read moreOur Czech Translation of Judith Kerr's The Tiger Who Came to Tea: on Sale for Christmas Market
Michaela Sanytrová and I have translated Judith Kerr's beloved children's classic The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Never before translated into Czech, the book will hit bookshops in the Czech Republic in time for Christmas.
Read moreForthcoming Talk: Folk Fever and the Bureaucratic Machine: Craft and Design in early 1960s' Czechoslovakia
I'll be delivering a talk entitled ‘Folk Fever and the Bureaucratic Machine: Craft and Design in early 1960s' Czechoslovakia', chaired by Dr Steven Adams as part of Hertfordshire University's research seminar series, TVAD Talks.
Read moreThe Trials and Tribulations of Learning Czech: Blog for Czech Language Club
I was invited by the Czech Language Club to write a blog on my experiences of learning Czech in order to support my postgraduate research into Czechoslovak design. Read it here and while you are there, explore the Czech Language Club and its activities - it's a brilliant new resource that approaches language-learning through play, intelligent discussion, cultural visits, literature, film and a whole host of other thoughtful mechanisms that enrich and personalise the process.
Writing News: My Article on Czechoslovak Glass Figurines for Glass Circle News →
Article for Glass Circle News (Vol. 9, No. 2, July 2016) published by The Glass Circle, a society established in 1937 for glass collectors, makers and enthusiasts. My article stems from a talk I did earlier in 2016 at The Art Workers' Guild.
Read moreAwarded Design History Society Funding for Making Enhanced Event
Image: Making Enhanced at COLLECT Open 2015, Saatchi Gallery London
We at Making Enhanced have been awarded an Outreach and Events Grant from the Design History Society to coordinate a symposium in autumn 2016.
Read moreTeaching News: RCA Criticism and Curating in Art & Design Summer Intensive
In July 2016 I taught on the one-week inaugural Summer Intensive at the Royal College of Art, exploring Criticism and Curating in Art & Design.
Read moreProud to be a new member of Making Enhanced
I am delighted to now be working in partnership with ceramicist Tamsin van Essen as part of Making Enhanced, a collective of designer makers and design historians working in pairs on the conception and production of writing, events and artefacts.
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