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Laura Ethel Larcombe (known as Ethel, 1876-1940) was a British illustrator, typographer and book cover designer. She was active in the late 19th ce...

Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1863-1933) was a Scottish designer and key figure in the ‘Glasgow style’ of the 1890s. She joined Glasgow School of ...

This month we are celebrating the birthday of Talwin Morris (1865-1911), book cover designer of the Art Nouveau movement. He was initially employed...

This month we are celebrating the birthday of Charles Ashbee (1863-1942), multi-disciplinary designer and architect of the Art Nouveau movement. As...

This month we are celebrating the birthday of Réné Lalique (1860-1945), French designer, jeweller and glass maker extraordinaire, who was a key fig...

Who was Arthur Liberty (1843-1917) founder of Liberty in London? He was born in Buckinghamshire and initially worked as an apprentice draper and fa...

This month we are celebrating the birthday of Otto Wagner (1841-1918), Austrian architect and designer, whose work can be seen all over Vienna. He ...

We love the work of Josef Hoffmann! He was an architect, furniture and pattern designer who founded the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) in 1910...