Lesley Jackson is a

curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

, and

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specialising in twentieth century design. She has published at least eleven books, including ''Twentieth Century Pattern Design'' from

Princeton Architectural Press Princeton Architectural Press is a small press publisher, specializing in books on architecture, design, photography, landscape, and visual culture, with over 1,000 titles on its backlist. In 2013, it added a line of stationery products, including ...

, ''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 Wellcome Collection is a museum and library based at 183 Euston Road, London, displaying a mixture of medical artefacts and original artworks exploring "ideas about the connections between medicine, life and art". Founded in 2007, the Wellcome C ...

in 2008.

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