The Stoddard Templeton companies were Scotland’s most prominent carpet manufacturing innovators. They designed and supplied many iconic carpets, including for Glasgow Cathedral, the White House, the Titanic and Queen Mary liners and for events such as the Royal Coronations and Festival of Britain. This video available on vimeo provides insight into an exhibition which focused on the Stoddard Templeton Design Library, a unique resource used by designers to inspire and aid the design process. The Library contains a rich array of material amassed from the mid-nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Through folios, books, designs, films and samples, the exhibition provided insight into the Design Library’s contents, the Stoddard Templeton design studio, the designers, carpet designing and Design Library utilisation in the creative process. The design research exhibition was by GSA School of Design staff member Helena Britt, supported by Duncan Chappell (GSA Library), Delphine Dallison (GSA Library) and Susannah Waters (GSA Archives & Collections).

The vimeo recording features Helena Britt, Duncan Chappell and Susannah Waters. Filmed by Schedule D, photography by Janet Wilson and produced by GSA Exhibitions.