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February 6, 2015
in Art & Architecture

What Would William Morris Think? On the Digitization of his Wallpaper.

February 6, 2015
in Art & Architecture

Ivy Sanders Schneider – During his life, the writer, designer, and social activist William Morris struggled with a basic conflict between his livelihood and his liberal beliefs. A staunch socialist, Morris believed art should be made with care and craftsmanship, and that work should be an essential, joyful part of life,

December 9, 2014
in Art & Architecture

William Morris: Anarchy and Beauty

December 9, 2014
in Art & Architecture

“The art or work-pleasure, as one ought to call it…sprung up almost spontaneously, it seems, from a kind of instinct amongst people, no longer driven desperately to painful and terrible over-work, to do the best they could with the work in hand – to make it excellent of its kind;