Project Description
V&A Archive of Art and Design
In 2011 Romek offered his graphic design archive to the Archive of Art and Design (AAD) at the V&A. The AAD collects the working papers and personal archives of UK-based artists, designers and practitioners. By preserving them intact it enables research and encourages in-depth understanding of the lives and careers of those who have worked in the applied arts and design. Romek’s archive includes specimens of all the books he designed for Penguin and Nicholson, and examples of posters, publicity and magazine content that he produced during the 1950s and 1960s. It was enthusiastically accepted on the V&A’s behalf by Christopher Marsden, Senior Archivist.
The books and other works in Romek’s archive are regularly shown to students and groups of visitors, and are available for exhibition. The archive is currently closed and is in the process of being moved to the V&A’s new Collections and Research Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The material can then be viewed by members of the public in the Archive Study Room once reopened.
Christopher Marsden
V&A Senior Archivist
The AAD at Blythe House, Olympia (above) in West London, is relocating to the V&A’s new Collections and Research Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, East London.