Nicholas Oddy
Nicholas Oddy
- Head of Department of Design History and Theory
- Job Title
- Head of Department of Design History and Theory
- School or Academic Area
- School of Design
- School or Academic Area Supervised for
- School of Design
- N.Oddy@gsa.ac.uk
- Professional Address
- 167, Renfrew Street G3 6RQ
- Country
- Scotland, UK
Biography
Born and brought up in Edinburgh, attended Edinburgh College of Art. BA(Hons) 1983 Ceramics, second subject Glass; Post Graduate Diploma 1984 Ceramics. Then went to Royal College of Art and Victoria and Albert Museum (Associates of the V&A Scholarship) for MA(RCA) History of Design 1986. Taught at Teesside Polytechnic and, with Sophie Forgan, set up BA(Hons) History of Design, Architecture and the Built Environment. Later Taught at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (Dundee) and joined GSA in the Department of Historical & Critical Studies in 1993. At various times have held consultancies for major auction rooms, notably Phillips (Cycles and Cycle Memorabilia) and Bonhams (Toys and Collectors' Items). Still active in these areas. Member of numerous collectors' societies and editor of 'The Train Collector'. Chair of the Cycling History and Educational Trust, Trustee of the Brighton Toy and Model Museum.
Research Interests
Cycling history; Signage - Road signs; Toys and Models; Collectors' items and popular collecting.
Latest Additions
- Oddy, Nicholas (2025) Three Studies of Inside Cylinder Brass Locos. The Train Collector (74-76). ISSN 2516-0605
- Oddy, Nicholas (2025) Young V&A - A museum...but not as we know it. The Train Collector (75). pp. 30-32. ISSN 2516-0605
- Oddy, Nicholas (2024) What's in a Name? Exploring the origins of the British toy steam locomotive. The Train Collector (71). ISSN 2516-0605
- Oddy, Nicholas (2024) MacMillan Revisited. In: Cycle History 33 – Proceedings of the 32nd International Cycling History Conference. Proceedings of the International Cycling History Conference, 33 . ICHC Publications Committee, Stadt Wehlen, pp. 58-65. ISBN 9798895899281
- Oddy, Nicholas (2024) The life of Kirkpatrick MacMillan. Cycle - The magazine of Cycling UK. p. 28.
- Oddy, Nicholas (2023) A Red Card For The Red Flag - Responding to the so-called 'Red Flag Act'. The Boneshaker, 23 (233). pp. 47-48. ISSN 1360-340X
- Oddy, Nicholas (2022) Routledge Companion to Cycling Section 7: The Visual Culture of Cycling. In: Routledge Companion to Cycling. Routledge International Handbooks . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon.. ISBN 9780367683993
- Oddy, Nicholas (2022) Signs of Fraudulence. The Train Collector (62). pp. 9-10. ISSN 2516-0605-62
- Oddy, Nicholas and Carpenter, Jeff (2021) Frank Hornby - an unwitting pioneer in small gauge toy trains - Raylo and Liliput compared. In: Marklin Liliputbahn. Blurb, pp. 7-19. ISBN Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781006162220 978; Softcover: 9781006162213; Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9781006162237
- Oddy, Nicholas (2021) Introduction to "The Bicycle Adventures of A G Johnson". In: Bicycle Adventures of A G Johnson. Cycle History Publishing Ltd, Birmingham, pp. 7-14. ISBN 978-1-9196518-0-4
