From the picturesque village of Broadway, the Gordon Russell Design Museum celebrates the design pioneer Gordon Russell and the company that bore his name. Integral to 20th-century British craft and manufacturing, Gordon Russell championed accessible, innovative, and high-quality design, evolving from Arts and Crafts through to Modernism, World War II and Mid-Century Modern.
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Gallery
Browse the gallery of Gordon Russell designs, many of which are in the museum
Gallery
Browse the gallery of Gordon Russell designs, many of which are in the museum
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Opening hours
Posted on: 6th March 2023Our opening hours this week are:
Tuesday – Sunday 10am-4pm
Tickets are available to purchase at the Museum
(Last entry 3.30pm)
Our opening hours this week are:
Tuesday – Sunday 10am-4pm
Tickets are available to purchase at the Museum
(Last entry 3.30pm)
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MARIANNE STRAUB – A DESIGNER’S DESIGNER
Posted on: 22nd February 2020Friday 3rd April 1730 for 1800 in the Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, Broadway
Arriving in Bradford in 1932 to study power weaving, Swiss-born
Marianne Straub (1909-1994) was to become one of Britain’s most influential
designer/weavers. This talk is a chance to glimpse the creative output of a
handweaver committed to well-made mass-produced textiles, one who remained
active until her return to Switzerland in 1992.
Her biographer, Mary Schoeser, introduces the range of her work, including the
cloths she designed for Gordon Russell Ltd. Some, such as the Welsh tweeds
first produced in the mid-1930s, remained favourites among the clients of the
firm for over two decades, and Dick Russell is also known to ha
Friday 3rd April 1730 for 1800 in the Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, Broadway
Arriving in Bradford in 1932 to study power weaving, Swiss-born
Marianne Straub (1909-1994) was to become one of Britain’s most influential
designer/weavers. This talk is a chance to glimpse the creative output of a
handweaver committed to well-made mass-produced textiles, one who remained
active until her return to Switzerland in 1992.
Friday 3rd April 1730 for 1800 in the Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, Broadway
Arriving in
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Talk: The Future of Furniture Craft Education
Posted on: 25th September 2019by Joseph Bray
Friday 1st November 2019
at 6pm
Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, High Street, Broadway WR12 7DU
Over the past 20 years Joseph Bray has observed both the demise of graduate level craft programmes in the UK and the significant reduction in children learning craft in schools. At the same time the furniture industry reports a skills gap and an aging population with craft skills in very high demand. Set against this backdrop his Churchill Fellowship took him to northern Europe and the east coast of America to learn first hand from programmes and institutions that deliver excellence in
by Joseph Bray
Friday 1st November 2019
at 6pm
Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, High Street, Broadway WR12 7DU
Over the past 20 years Joseph Bray has observed both the demise of graduate level craft programmes in the UK and the significant reduction in children learning craft in schools. At the same time t
by Joseph Bray
Friday 1st Novemb
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TALK: Abram Games 60 Years of Design
Posted on: 21st August 2019Wednesday 25 September 2019
at 6pm in Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, High Street, Broadway WR12 7DU
Abram Games was one of the 20th century’s most important graphic designers. His career spanned 60 years, and during the Second World War, he was uniquely appointed Official War Poster Artist, designing over 100 posters. Postwar, he created posters for London Transport, Guinness, the Financial Times and the British Overseas Airways Corporation. He designed the first animated ident for BBC television, the covers of Penguin Books and the emblems for the 1951 Festival of Britain and the Queen’s Award to Industry. Games also created postage stamps issued in Britain, Jersey and Israel. The length of Games’ career makes his work a striki
Wednesday 25 September 2019
at 6pm in Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, High Street, Broadway WR12 7DU
Abram Games was one of the 20th century’s most important graphic designers. His career spanned 60 years, and during the Second World War, he was uniquely appointed Official War Poster Artist, designing over 100 posters. Postwar, he created posters for London Transport, Guinness, the Financial Times and the British Overseas Airways Corporation. He des
Wednesday 25 September 2019
at 6pm in Edinburgh Room, Lygon Arms, High Street, Broadway WR12 7DU
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Craft and Design Awards
Posted on: 7th August 2019Summer time is awards season at the Museum, and we are delighted to have been able to support the work of a number of graduate designers this year through our Student Craft and Design Prizes at Leamington College and the Peter Sefton Furniture School, as well as the inaugural Ray Leigh Design Prize at Rycotewood Furniture Centre
Summer time is awards season at the Museum, and we are delighted to have been able to support the work of a number of graduate designers this year through our Student Craft and Design Prizes at Leamington College and the Peter Sefton Furniture School, as well as the inaugural Ray Leigh Design Prize at Rycotewood Furniture Centre
Summer time is awards season at the Museum, and we are delighted to have been able to support the work of a number of graduate designers this year through our Student Craft an
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Alan Peters Furniture Award 2020
Posted on: 4th May 2019Previously a judge for this award Jeremy Broun is organising the Alan Peters Furniture Award which is open to any UK resident woodworker over the age of 18. For further information on the award click here.
Jeremy Broun has also published a 64 page free online book on Alan Peters the Makers Maker
Previously a judge for this award Jeremy Broun is organising the Alan Peters Furniture Award which is open to any UK resident woodworker over the age of 18. For further information on the award click here.
Jeremy Broun has also published a 64 page free online book on Alan Peters the Makers Maker
Previously a judge for this award Jeremy Broun is organising the Alan Peters Furniture Award which is open to any UK resident woodworker over the age of 18. For further information on the award
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Talk: “Product or Service” by Jeremy Broun and Andrew Lawton on Friday 21st June
Posted on: 7th April 2019Jeremy Broun and Andrew Lawton are award-winning furniture designer makers based in Bath and the Peak District respectively.
Jeremy, a well known innovator, established a workshop in 1973 and his focus is on product, an example being a rocking chair design that sold all over the world. He is the author of The Encyclopaedia of Woodworking Techniques, which was updated in 2018. He has produced a short film on the life and work of Sir Gordon Russell entitled, A gem
Jeremy Broun and Andrew Lawton are award-winning furniture designer makers based in Bath and the Peak District respectively.
Jeremy, a well known innovator, established a workshop in 1973 and his focus is on product, an example being a rocking chair design that sold all over the world. He is the author of The Encyclopaedia of Woodworking Techniques, which was updated in 2018. He has produced a short film on the life and work of Sir Gordon Russell entitled, Jeremy Broun and Andrew Lawton are award-winning furniture designer makers based in Bath and the Peak District respectively. Jeremy, a wel
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Talk on Friday 5 April 2019: ‘Living in all the tenses’ – design and craft in the work of Ernest Gimson by Mary Greensted
Posted on: 6th March 2019Ernest Gimson – architect, designer of furniture and metalwork, chairmaker, plasterworker, and two-dimensional designer – was one of the leading figures of the Arts and Crafts movement. His work was rooted in English traditions and has been a continuing source of inspiration for designers and makers up to the present day. This talk will look at the development of Gimson’s work and provide an introduction into the range of his work and his impact on 20th- and 21st-century furniture design.
Mary Greensted was a curator at Cheltenham and is now a trustee at Court Barn. She has written widely on the Arts and Crafts Movement. She has co-authored Ernest Gimson: Arts and Crafts Designer and Architect which will be published by Yale University Press in October 2019.
Photo credit: New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
The talk will take place at 6pm in the Edi
Ernest Gimson – architect, designer of furniture and metalwork, chairmaker, plasterworker, and two-dimensional designer – was one of the leading figures of the Arts and Crafts movement. His work was rooted in English traditions and has been a continuing source of inspiration for designers and makers up to the present day. This talk will look at the development of Gimson’s work and provide an introduction into the range of his work and his impact on 20th- and 21st-century furniture design.
Mary Greensted was a curator at Cheltenham and is now a trustee at Court Barn. She has written wide
Ernest Gimson – architect, designer of furniture and metalwork, chairmaker, plasterworker, and two-dimensional designer – was one of the leading figures of the Arts and Crafts movement. His work was
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Spring and Summer opening hours
Posted on: 1st March 2019We are now open from 11am – 5pm Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays.
We are now open from 11am – 5pm Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays.
We are now open from 11am – 5pm Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays.
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The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts
Posted on: 12th January 2019The BBC have brought back to life a late 1800s Victorian arts and crafts commune in the Welsh hills in this series currently showing on BBC2. We follow a group of 21st-century crafters as they experience the highs and lows of living and working together as a creative commune. Over their month-long stay they are set to renovate four of the key rooms in the house. The projects have been set by Arts & Crafts expert Patch Rogers and internationally renowned potter Keith Brymer Jones
See BBC iPlayer at https://bbc.in/2M4I84C to see the programme information and episodes.
The BBC have brought back to life a late 1800s Victorian arts and crafts commune in the Welsh hills in this series currently showing on BBC2. We follow a group of 21st-century crafters as they experience the highs and lows of living and working together as a creative commune. Over their month-long stay they are set to renovate four of the key rooms in the house. The projects have been set by Arts & Crafts expert Patch Rogers and internationally renowned potter Keith Brymer Jones
See BBC iPlayer at https://bbc.in/2M4I84C to see the programme inf
The BBC have brought back to life a late 1800s Victorian arts and crafts commune in the Welsh hills in this series currently showing on BBC2. We follow a group of 21st-century crafters as they exper
