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Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

84

NoS ID

352493

Story no

3 / 3

COI synopsis: Gramophone records can provide a whole symphony orchestra playing the ‘1812’ on a 12-inch plastic disc thanks to stereophonic sound and microgrooves. Now, book publishers, with the...

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Beauty of Books, The (2011)

Subject

Design; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £580.00

This four part series explores the history of the printed book, with the emphasis on book design and illustration, from the first bibles to medieval masterpieces like Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’, and...

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Shakespeare at Sea (2002 Multimedia)

A theatre in education e-book title by Jenny de Reuck that offers young playgoers an introduction to many of the characters from Shakespeare’s comedies including Feste, the Jester, Toby Belch, Maria, Sly...

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Designing a Chair: Sitting Pretty (2002)

Subject

Crafts; Design; Further education material

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 31 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

Looks at chair design from two slightly different perspectives. One is presented by Julian Pratt, Co-ordinator Furniture Programs, RMIT University. His is a fairly standard ‘by-the-book’ approach. The...

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William Morris Wallpapers (6 Parts) (1991 Multimedia)

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, 6 x 24 slides., 2000 sale: £25.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) each 2000 sale: £120.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) series

Slides taken from an original Morris and Company pattern book, presented to Manchester College of Art and Design by Mack Hamilton and Company in 1901 and covering the period 1864-1900. Each set contains...

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Richard Doyle Illustrations (1994 Multimedia)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, 24 slides., 2000 sale: £25.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Images taken from a 1992 exhibition of archive material held by the Manchester Metropolitan University, covering Richard Doyle’s illustrations from early manuscript works and periodcials such as...

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Thomas Bewick’s Illustrations (1991 Multimedia)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, 43 slides., 2000 sale: £45.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Bewick’s wood engravings transformed the art of English book illustration and laid the foundations for the 19th-century development of illustrated journals for middle-class readership. The slides are made...

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Roundwood Timber Framing: Building Naturally with Local Resources (2012)

Subject

Architecture; Engineering; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £19.95

A step-by-step design and build process for a locally sourced roundwood timber framed building, as well as showing other examples of builds including houses, a shop and a small outhouse. The link between...

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Stage Lighting: The Cd-Rom (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

CD-ROM

Instruction in stage lighting, based on Dan Redler’s book ‘Stage Lighting’, with information on hundreds of topics, over 1000 glossary terms, animation and video clips, technical information, over 300...

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Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners (1997 Multimedia)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

CD-ROM

Looks at the complete work of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, from Grimshaw’s early student projects, the pracice’s industrial and commercial work of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, through to the Waterloo...

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