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In the wake of the Barbie fever, this month's guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Amelia O’Mahony-Brady (independent design researcher, archivist and recent Trinity College Dublin graduate) introduces us to Barbie Velina: a limited-edition doll exclusive to Italian audiences, released in Summer 2002.
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This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Places series Vinod Bhatia, Assistant Professor of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula (Haryana), explores the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh
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This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Evangeline Rouse, MA History of Design student at the Royal College of Art/Victoria and Albert Museum, discusses the practice and ethics of presenting and taking photographs of asylum patients in the mid-nineteenth century
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This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Amber Kim, MA History of Design student at the Royal College of Art/Victoria and Albert Museum, introduces a 19th century tiara with flowers made of translucent fish scales held by the V&A
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This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Dr Rukmini Chaturvedi introduces the Gathri Stool designed in 2017 by Delhi based designer Parth Parikh.
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This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Cas Bradbeer explores a music sheet held by the V&A entitled 'If I Hadn’t Ha’ Been So Shy' (1897). This music sheet was published by Francis, Day & Hunter (1877-1972), whose founders often performed in blackface.
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This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Jade Lindo offers a brief glimpse into the history of Nadinola DeLuxe Bleaching Cream.
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This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Places series Monica Jae Yeon Moon explores Prince/Mercer Street in New York and the late designer Virgil Abloh.
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