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Lesley Jackson

London-based design curator, historian and author specialising in twentieth century design

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Lesley Jackson was a British historian, writer, design historian, curator and author.

Lesley Jackson is a curator, historian, and author specialising in twentieth century design. She has published at least eleven books, including Twentieth Century Pattern Design from Princeton Architectural Press, The Sixties: Decade of Design Revolution from Phaidon, The New Look: Design in the Fifties, and Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design from Mitchell Beazley.

Jackson curated the 'From Atoms to Patterns' exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in 2008.

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London-based design curator, historian and author specialising in twentieth century design

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Lesley Jackson was a historian, writer, design historian, curator and author.

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· Wikipedia: Lesley Jackson

· Wikidata: Q6530496

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