WORLD OF MATERIALS

Margaret Pope's last Materials' Clinic was fully booked and was attended by students from a broad range of disciplines including Interior Design, Graphic Design, Furniture and Product, and Fine Art. Margaret will be visiting us again on December 8th. For more details, and details of other events taking place in the Materials and Products Collection, see below.

Explore the World of Materials - repeated at 2pm Monday-Friday week beginning 28th November 2011
An opportunity to explore the range of materials available in the Materials and Products Collection; learn how to use Materio to search for materials by properties; discover how to source materials; glean tips on approaching companies for samples; and find out which books are useful for researching materials. The talk will last approximately half an hour. All welcome. No need to book. Just turn up to any session.

Materials Clinic with Margaret Pope - Thursday 8th December 2011
Experienced Materials Consultant, Margaret Pope, who works with designers, architects and others to help them source materials for their design projects, will be visiting the university on December 8th. Students can come and see her in the Materials and Products Collection and ask for advice on which materials to use and where to source them. A booking system is in operation. Appointments can be made in person at the Library Information Desk at Commercial Road, by phone (020 73201867) or by email (s.tytler@londonmet.ac.uk.)

Sue Tytler
Academic Liaison Librarian
(Design, Music Technology and Materials & Products Collection)
London Metropolitan University
41 Commercial Road
London
E1 1LA