Christmas Vacation Opening Hours

Monday 19th December 9am - 5pm

Tuesday 20th December 9am - 12 2pm - 5pm

Wednesday 21st December 9am - 5pm

Thursday 22nd December 9am - 5pm

Friday 23rd December CLOSED
until
Tuesday 3rd January 9am - 5pm

Wednesday 4th January 9am - 5pm

Thursday 5th January 9am - 5pm

Friday 6th January 9am - 4pm

Saturday 7th January CLOSED


Normal term time hours resume Monday 9th January 2012


The staff at MoDiP would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and all good wishes for 2012.

Have you see this before?

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual.

By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for?

Post your answer in the comments below or to find out more about the object click here and you will be taken to the MoDiP catalogue.

Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Coca-cola at 125 years

Coca-Cola: It's the Real Thing.....Coke is It!

A global favourite and a design classic - the carbonated drink and the superbrand

Coca-Cola celebrates its125th anniversary in 2011. Coke has become an important part of our commercial and social culture. Coke’s legendary Santa Claus advertising character, designed by American artist Haddon Sundblom in the 1930s, has become a powerful symbol of the festive season. Coca-Cola’s television advertisements that promise Holidays are Coming are surely the cue for Christmas that many viewers welcome.

 

Coca-Cola on display

 

Whilst the taste of Coke is savored, its packaging, advertising and merchandise is cherished with many fans avidly collecting the myriad of materials available. The Coke can is an important marketing tool where images are displayed upon its surface to give additional flavour to the brand.

MoDiP holds a range of Coca-Cola objects that have been amassed over a number of years, many donated by students and staff. International examples have been brought back from holidays afar whilst promotional items have been secured when they pop up in charity shops and alike. 

 

Let's raise a glass and toast this successful brand – Happy Birthday Coca-Cola.

 

Case One Upper: including sporting and seasonal memorabilia

Case One Lower: The classic design

Case Two Upper: International Coke

Case Two Lower: Including books from the AUCB Library

Case Three Upper: The glamorous side of Coca-Cola

Case Three Lower: Unusual places to find the Coca-Cola logo

Kirsten Hardie (AUB Principal Lecturer & National Teaching Fellow)

   

MoDiP would like to thank the following people for their loans to this exhibiton:

• Kirsten Hardie lent many of the objects on display
• Mathea Fermann Jensen lent the 125th Anniversary bottle
• Chirstian Edwardes lent the stretched bottle
• Paul Gay lent the Yo-Yo
• Susan Lambert  lent the earrings and post card
• Beata Lukasiewicz lent the bottle impression

What is this?

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual.

By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for?

Post your answer in the comments below or to find out more about the object click here and you will be taken to the online MoDiP catalogue.

Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Work Rest and Play with Plastics now open

Where would we be without plastics? The material of the modern age, plastics in one form or another have been developed to outperform their natural counterparts. They pervade all aspects of our daily lives, often un-noticed, unseen and unappreciated, from the moment we wake, helping us to perform our daily activities and through the hours of sleep. They enable us to conduct our lives in a more comfortable, efficient, colourful and safe environment than we might without them. Plastics have influenced and enabled developments in technology and their relatively low production costs mean that countless numbers are able to share in the benefits, enjoyment and enrichment they bring to our lives.

This exhibition explores some of the ways plastics have been used when we work, when we are resting and when we play.

Do you know what this is?

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual.

By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for?

Post your answer in the comments below or to find the answer click here and you will be taken to the MoDiP catalogue.

Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)