On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Where is Milton Keynes?

Poster
1973 (published)
Artist/Maker
Minale Tattersfield (designers)
Milton Keynes Development Corporation (clients)
Westerham Press (printers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

Poster featuring a photograph of an archery target overlaid with a map illustrating the distance from Milton Keynes, at the bulls eye, to various important towns and cities. At the bottom of the poster is a plan of the future Milton Keynes with different sections of the city picked out in different colours.

Object details

Category
Posters
Object type
poster
TitleWhere is Milton Keynes? (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Ink
Card
Brief description
Poster, 'Where is Milton Keynes?', poster designed for the Milton Keynes Development Corporation by Minale Tattersfield, Great Britain, 1973, colour offset lithograph.
Physical description
Poster featuring a photograph of an archery target overlaid with a map illustrating the distance from Milton Keynes, at the bulls eye, to various important towns and cities. At the bottom of the poster is a plan of the future Milton Keynes with different sections of the city picked out in different colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1010mm
  • Width: 760mm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
Milton Keynes Development Corporation logo
Gallery label
(2021)
New ideas for new city spaces

In his influential 1923 book ‘Vers une architecture’, architect Le Corbusier observed that different public spaces were emerging in the urban environment. After the Second World War, recreational areas and car parks popped up across cities and became important additions to new towns like Milton Keynes and housing developments. The architectural model for Robin Hood Gardens shows the inclusion of green space around the 1970s east London housing estate.

Manifesto for modern architecture
‘Vers une architecture’ (Toward an Architecture), 1924 (printed about 1925)
By Le Corbusier
Published by Editions Georges Crès & Cie, printed by Imprimerie E. Arrault et Cie, France
Printed paper
Museum no. 38041800996993

Poster advertising a new town
‘Where is Milton Keynes?’, 1973
Designed by Minale, Tattersfield and Provinciali
Issued by Westerham Press, UK
Colour offset lithograph on paper
Given by Minale Tattersfield & Partners
Museum no. E.175-2011

Model showing central green space
Robin Hood Gardens Estate, 1970
Designed by Alison and Peter Smithson, UK
Painted wood
Museum no. CD.12:1-2018

The object sits in the 'Housing and Living' section of the Design 1900-Now gallery opened in June 2021.
Credit line
Given by Minale Tattersfield & Partners
Production
At this time Minale Tattersfield was known as Minale, Tattersfield, Provinciali
Subjects depicted
Transport
Distance
Map (Transport)
Place depicted
Milton Keynes (Town)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.175-2011

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Record createdFebruary 28, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1193206/where-is-milton-keynes-poster-minale-tattersfield/
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