THE RECORD
Journal
A chronological record of the archive - each entry set in the year its history happened.
- 1652Penny UniversitiesThe Penny That Bought a Coffee and an Education
- 1666Isaac NewtonThe Falling Apple That Wasn't Really About an Apple
- 1744The Candle AuctionFor 200 Years, an Auction Ended When a Candle Went Out
- 1829DelvauxThe Handbag the Railway Invented
- 1837HermèsHermès Didn't Start With Handbags. It Started With Harnesses
- 1845Tiffany BlueThe Colour You're Not Allowed to Own
- 1853GoyardThe Most Discreet House in Luxury Wasn't Always So Quiet
- 1856Perkin's MauveThe Accidental Discovery That Invented a Colour
- 1858Louis VuittonEvery Trunk Had a Curved Lid. There Was a Reason - and Then There Wasn't
- 1876The Card CatalogueThe System That Organised Every Library Began With a Deck of Playing Cards
- 1879BurberryBefore This Coat, Staying Dry Meant You Couldn't Breathe
- 1887Café de FloreThe Café That Sold Time
- 1888KodakKodak Didn't Sell Cameras - It Sold Memory
- 1889The Phone BoothThe Phone Booth the World Threw Away - and Is Quietly Rebuilding
- 1917The Cartier TankThe Most Elegant Watch Ever Made Is a War Machine, Seen From Above
- 1928PenicillinHow a Forgotten Petri Dish Discovered Penicillin
- 1975The Digital CameraThe iPhone Killed the Camera Nobody Saw Coming
- 1979The WalkmanSony Built It to Be Shared. Everyone Used It to Disappear
- 1992LouboutinThe Red Sole Was a Fix, Not a Plan
- 2000Google ImagesOne Dress Changed How the World Searches
- 2007BlackBerryHe Saw Exactly Why the iPhone Would Win. He Bet Against It Anyway