October 2011

In our current exhibition, You can do it with plastics , you can find out about all the amazing things that designers and manufacturers can do with plastics which are more difficult with other materials. One of the subjects we have looked at is the notion of buoyancy. It is not easy explaining in a...

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual. By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for? Post your answer in...

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual. By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for? Post your answer in...

At the beginning of November I will be presenting a paper at the British Library as part of their training day on digisiting collections. They are putting on the training day as many organisations are digitising their collections as a way of providing wider access to books and documents in their...