Unmaking Things

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

@unmakingthings You're welcome. You are running a great project and it's a very timely, thoughtful post!

Very important reflections here - though this link works better for me: unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk/2019/?p=122

Just realized the link in the original post didn’t work (whoops!). Here is the correct link: unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk/2019/?p=122

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 (unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk)

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 - thesurvivorstrust.org/national-helpl…

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

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

Send us pictures from your favourite places! unmakingthings@gmail.com

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

Check out our website for the essay: unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk

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

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! unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk #performingart

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!

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: unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk #designhistory #v&a #rca #fritzhansen #series7chair

‘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 unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk #designhistory #historyofdesign #vamuseum #rca

Stolen. Send them back. ✌🏾️

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

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

Congrats to our 2017 graduates today at Convocation!

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