Design Archive: Denby
Estd: 1809
Location: Denby, Derbyshire.
Derbyshire is a county with a long history of manufacturing stoneware pottery. Over 200 years ago, London, Nottingham and Derbyshire were the main centres producing both decorative salt glazed stoneware and functional vessels to hold everyday commodities.
The collector: Cameron Fleming, copywriter at Ogilvy & Mather, New York, NY, US.
The collection: Airline Junior Wings
The story behind the collection...
I’ve always been fascinated by airlines. In fact, one of my earliest memories is of the turtle painted on the back of a Cayman Airways 737. When I was a kid, I followed the airlines the way most kids follow sports teams. I think this early interest in airline brands is one of the reasons I went into advertising.
Design Archive: AGA Rangemaster Group plc.
Estd: The origins of the founding companies in the AGA Rangemaster Group can be traced back to 1709.
Locations: Coalbrookdale, Telford and Royal Leamington Spa (Group HQ).
The AGA Rangemaster Group have a combined history of over 300 years, beginning with industrialist Abraham Darby who, in 1707 was granted by royal letter patent allowing the sole use and benefit of his innovative method of “casting iron bellied pots and other iron bellied ware in sand only without loam or clay”. Nowadays they are best known for the design and manufacture of classic high quality cookers, cooking ranges and cookware.
The collector: Krista Charles, art stylist, Albuquerque, NM, US.
The collection: Matchbooks.
The story behind the collection...
For each matchbook I find where the location of the business would be in Google Maps and on the inside cover of the matchbook I make a pencil sketch of whatever is now shown at this location. On average each drawing takes about two hours to complete, so I typically spend more time at these digital locations than I might if I traveled there in person.
The collector: Dante, US.
The collection: Soviet Posters.
The story behind the collection...
As a child I was always collecting something. I collected anything from the fad collectables of Pogs and Crazy BOnes to old bottles and postage stamps. I found my first 'wild' bottle in a marsh along the Delaware River near my old home in Bristol, Pennsylvania with my father. Since then I have always enjoyed the thrill of the hunt, whether it be at flea markets or out in the dirt of an old dump.
Design Archive: Jaguar
Est. 1922
Locations: Coventry, Gaydon & Birmingham (UK)
Jaguar is a successful British luxury car manufacturer with a long and illustrious heritage dating back to the early beginnings of the automotive industry. It has an extensive historic vehicle collection and archive at The Jaguar Heritage Museum which is run by the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust and is located at the site of the former Jaguar factory in Browns Lane, Coventry
- Edmund de Waal
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