All Outputs (3)

Folk fever and the bureaucratic machine: Craft and design in early 1960s' Czechoslovakia (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, R. (2016, November). Folk fever and the bureaucratic machine: Craft and design in early 1960s' Czechoslovakia. Paper presented at Theorising Visual Art and Design (TVAD) Research Seminar Series, University of Hertfordshire

Research paper delivered as part of the Theorising Visual Art and Design (TVAD) inter-disciplinary research group at Hertfordshire University. The paper presented my research on Czech New Wave cinema and ethnographic craft practices in early 1960s So... Read More about Folk fever and the bureaucratic machine: Craft and design in early 1960s' Czechoslovakia.

Věci a slova: Umělecký průmysl, užité umění a design v české teorii a kritice 1870–1970 / Things and Words: Art Industry, Applied Arts and Design in Czech Theory and Criticism 1870–1970 (2016)
Journal Article
Bell, R. (2016). Věci a slova: Umělecký průmysl, užité umění a design v české teorii a kritice 1870–1970 / Things and Words: Art Industry, Applied Arts and Design in Czech Theory and Criticism 1870–1970. West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, 23(2), 333-337. https://doi.org/10.1086/691620

Critical Review of Věci a slova: Umělecký průmysl, užité umění a design v české teorii a kritice 1870–1970 / Things and Words: Art Industry, Applied Arts and Design in Czech Theory and Criticism 1870–1970, Publication and exhibition. UMPRUM Galle... Read More about Věci a slova: Umělecký průmysl, užité umění a design v české teorii a kritice 1870–1970 / Things and Words: Art Industry, Applied Arts and Design in Czech Theory and Criticism 1870–1970.

The pursuit of exceptional typicality: Glass-making in Communist Czechoslovakia (2016)
Journal Article
Bell, R. (2016). The pursuit of exceptional typicality: Glass-making in Communist Czechoslovakia

Article for Glass Circle Magazine exploring ideas of 'exceptional typicality' stemming from my PhD research, looking at the role of Czech glass figurines (and related glass objects) in Socialist Czechoslovakia.