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Students in the Harvard University Graduate School of Design course "Material Practice as Research:
Digital Design and Fabrication" assembled at the Ceramics Program to learn the basics of fabrication with clay. Mold making and casting, slab construction, using the extruder, and clay chemistry were demonstrated and discussed. Students will draw heavily on these methods during their semester-long design research projects.
Innovative Materials Dinner at Bayerischer Hof at the DLD 2025 16-18.January Free press image, copyright Heinrich von Wrede for DLD / Hubert Burda Media
Event Name: Materiality 2021 Brisbane Launch
Event Date: 15th April 2021
Event Location: Brisbane Design Studio
Description: Brisbane's Launch Event for Brickworks latest publication, Materiality 2021.
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GAF Materials Corporation has joined in Partnership with Habitat for Humanity International, extending an opportunity for donations of roofing product to HFH affiliates across the nation
This selfie was taken at home, I'm sitting on my desk and waiting for a spanish speaking to start. This picture has to do mostly with another big institution in my life, School. More specifically Ohio State University. School has always been a giant part of my life, its where I learn, meet knew people and something that helps me to reach my career and life goals. This picture made me think about how much school has benefited my life as well as how much the institution of family has benefited my life. Family has its ups and downs but without them I wouldn't be where I am today, they have provided me with support and knowledge for my whole life, they have given me a moral compass as well as continuing to support me as an adult so I can continue with my college education. Hopefully with my education i'll be able to get a career and pay them back for everything they've done for me
Original Material Type: Newspaper clipping
Article Title: Banner day at Excelsior district school: Reading might pay off for grade-school students
Author: Barbara Nanney
Publication Info: San Francisco Independent, December 21, 1996
Subject Keywords: San Francisco, Excelsior, E.R. Taylor Elementary School,
Collection: Excelsior Branch Archives
Repository: San Francisco Public Library - Excelsior Branch
The antecedents of the Carreras business began trading in the eighteenth century (the company's products and advertising materials consistently bore the motto 'Established 1788'), and forebears of the founder’s family were Spanish apothecaries. The founder of the business was a Spanish nobleman, Don José Carreras Ferrer, who fought in the Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington (1808–1814). After serving and receiving the highest military honours, it is believed he was obliged to leave Spain on account of his political views.
In 1881, the first cigarette-making machine was patented in the United States by James Bonsack, and by 1883 one of the British manufacturers, W. D. & H. O. Wills, had pioneered the use of the Bonsack machine in England. Wills joined with twelve other companies to form the Imperial Tobacco Group, from which both Rothmans and Carreras chose to remain independent, and by 1901 the Bonsack machine, making 200 cigarettes a minute, was exclusively available only to members of this Group. Around this time another of the cigarette machine makers, Bernhard Baron, had returned to London from the United States in 1896 with a patent for a new machine which could make 450 cigarettes a minute. Baron's progress was watched with interest by Mr. Yapp who was by then running the Carreras business but who was keen to make cigarettes a paying venture.
Having been unable to sell his machines to the newly formed Imperial Tobacco Company, which had a monopoly on the Bonsack machines, Yapp was able to negotiate a business arrangement with Baron in 1903. On 6 June 1903, Carreras became a public company with Yapp and Baron as directors and, under the leadership of Bernhard Baron, heralded the beginnings of competition for the Imperial Tobacco Group and the new American maker, James Buchanan Duke, who was also capturing large slices of the British market with Ogden’s Guinea Gold, the first Virginia cigarette made in England. The original Carreras prospectus was heavily criticised in the City press, but within a short time, the shares were fully subscribed, particularly by members of the tobacco trade, who saw potential in the new venture. The Baron family had a reputation as good employers who treated their staff well.[citation needed] Bernhard Baron would walk amongst his employees daily, enquiring after their families, and his son, Louis, and his grandson, Maurice, also made regular visits to the factory floor. A tradition developed that on Bernhard's birthday, each December, all employees were given two weeks' wages and a cake to take home.
In 1904, an allied company was established. Called Carreras and Marcianus Ltd and operating from St James's Place, Aldgate EC3, the former Baron Machine Company works, the company’s purpose was to commence production of machine-made cigarettes. During the last six months of 1904 three brands made their debut, including Black Cat, the first cigarette in the United Kingdom to contain coupons that were redeemable for gifts.
In 1905 yet more brands were introduced such as Chick, Jetty, and Sweet Kiss and Carreras began coupon trading in Black Cat. The business prospered and in 1906 additional premises were opened nearby, introducing new brands such as Carreras Ovals and Seven Up. Baron chose many novel schemes for the promotion of Carreras’ pipe tobacco and cigarette brands. In 1909, the company introduced the Baron automatic pipe filler in cartridges, which revolutionised pipe smoking and sold by the millions.
In 1921, after the launch of Craven A, Carreras launched more brands such as Wall Arms, Piccadilly, and Turf. By 1927 the business had outgrown the Arcadia premises in City Road; the war had increased demand for cigarettes. In 1928, the famous Arcadia Works was opened in Mornington Crescent NW1, formerly a favourite residence of artists and writers. This building, which has become a major London landmark, was unusual in its design. It was the first factory in Britain to make use of pre-stressed concrete technology, and the first to contain air conditioning and a dust extraction plant. The company was also the first to provide full welfare services for its employees.[citation needed] The Arcadia Works was often visited by royalty, including the Duke of Windsor when he was the Prince of Wales, King George VI when he was the Duke of York, and the Duke of Kent. Many other important visitors from every part of the globe were entertained at Mornington Crescent. Leading to the entrance of the building were two large bronze cats.[3] Cast at the Haskins Foundry in London, these versions of the Egyptian god Bastet were each eight feet six inches tall and stood guard over Arcadia Works until 1959 when Carreras merged with Rothmans of Pall Mall and moved to a new factory in Basildon, Essex. The cats were separated, with one making the short journey to Essex, while the other went to be displayed outside the Carreras factory at Spanishtown, Jamaica.
Our Faking It open day which looked at imitation, masquerade and misleading objects and making in the material and technological world.