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  • Modern hen

    2 August 2015

    The 1951 Festival of Britain is of consistent interest here at Shelf Appeal. The exhibition was a fleeting sight in...

  • Dress you up

    20 July 2014

    Shelf Appeal finally got to the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition at the Barbican. Having heard all about the mannequins with...

  • Clever and amusing

    20 May 2014

    I have become a little obsessed with this image. Mind you, I have been obsessed long time with museums and...

  • Transported

    21 November 2013

    The museum diorama is an acquired taste. Shelf Appeal has acquired it. Models small and large, playing with perspective, history...

  • Unpacking Pollini

    4 March 2013

    Shelf Appeal does different things with her working day. Some digital work, some writing, some curating, some things other. During...

  • From here and there

    9 June 2012

    My jaded exhibition palate had a couple of pleasant surprises recently. A small exhibition of Galt Toys down a trendy...

  • Pleats please

    4 April 2011

    Shelf Appeal is on an exhibition run this week. That’ll be because of Paris, then. The frock exhibitions in Paris...

  • Doggie in the window

    30 March 2011

    A few days in Paris are a real tonic. One of my favourite places. Streets and streets of rather nice...

  • More or less

    7 December 2009

    I had a trip to the Design Museum to see the Dieter Rams exhibition this weekend. I met Dieter when...

  • She’s a model

    3 March 2009

    The V&A; may be congratulating itself on the wonderful show Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones which has just opened...

  • The gloves are off

    12 June 2008

    Cecil Beaton’s notion of Englishness has always held great appeal for me. It is most definitely the blowsy other-end of...

  • Nomenclature for the people

    12 May 2008

    Museums are funny places. I should know – I work in them. They are constantly trying to redefine themselves in...

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