‘Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful’, advised the influential British designer William ... dynamic of design in the modern world. Removed from ...

William Morris, who had grown wary of the decreasing quality of books under the mechanization of the Industrial Revolution. Morris’s goal? Nothing less than crafting “the ideal book,” a ...

Late 19th century Europe saw great enthusiasm for Islamic art and culture. A few adventurous Victorians travelled to the Middle East and delighted high society with tales of their exploits, while ...

Hadrian Garrard, the curator of Morris Mania – an innovative exhibition now showing at the William Morris Gallery ... intrepid traveller, as the design chosen for the officers’ cushions ...

Poet, social reformer, writer, publisher, and above all artist and designer. There is little William Morris couldn’t or didn’t do, so much so that, in 1896, as he lay dying at the age of 62, a doctor ...

artist and book illustrator Walter Crane and Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, among others. “It’s the first time for the classic work of William Morris and his ...

Located in Walthamstow this design trail is inspired by William Morris’s statement ‘art made by the people and for the people’, and will focus on the themes of craft, unity, simplicity and ...

What could be more quintessentially English than William Morris’s interior ... appearing budlike in his delicate design. Such objects from Morris’s cherished personal collection are reunited ...

Art, Architecture and Opulence’ by gaining a deeper understanding of Mughal influences on British Design on this Members-only ...