Can a function follow form?

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Artist/Maker	Bartle Bogle Hegarty (maker) Marcus Vinton (maker)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

An invitation, in the form of a limited edition poster, to the opening of the Design Museum at Butlers Wharf, London, 4 July 1989. The design of the poster incorporates the image of the Lexicon 80 typewriter designed by Marcello Nizzolli for Olivetti in 1948. On the back is a map of the Design Museum's location.

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Categories	Posters Prints Designs
Object type	Poster
Title	Can a function follow form? (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Offset lithograph in laminated melinex Paper Melinex Offset Lithography Laminating
Brief description	Poster by Marcus Vinton and Bartle Bogle Hegarty Ltd., 'Can a function follow form?', an invitation to the opening of the Design Museum, offset lithograph in laminated melinex, Great Britain, 1989
Physical description	An invitation, in the form of a limited edition poster, to the opening of the Design Museum at Butlers Wharf, London, 4 July 1989. The design of the poster incorporates the image of the Lexicon 80 typewriter designed by Marcello Nizzolli for Olivetti in 1948. On the back is a map of the Design Museum's location.
Dimensions	Height: 42.3cm Width: 30.3cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Marks and inscriptions	'this limited edition advertisement was created for the Design Museum by Bartle Bogle Hegarty.' (Lettered) '1242' (Numbered)
Production	Art Director is Marcus Vinton
Subjects depicted	Exhibition Typewriter Map
Association	London
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.190-1991

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Record created	March 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O193637/can-a-function-follow-form-poster-marcus-vinton/

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