Where is Milton Keynes?

On display

V&A South Kensington
Design 1900 to Now, Room 74

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
Title	Where 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 type	Mass 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 created	February 28, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1193206/where-is-milton-keynes-poster-minale-tattersfield/

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