Online Architecture, Design & Material Culture Courses
Explore the buildings, objects and everyday designs that shape the world around us with City Lit’s online architecture, design and material culture courses. From iconic architectural styles to the meaning behind everyday objects, our expert-led courses offer fresh insight into how we create and experience the spaces we live in.
Whether you’re interested in the history of architecture, interior design, fashion, ceramics, or the material culture of different societies, our online courses provide flexible, engaging learning from home. With live interactive sessions, group discussion and expert tutor guidance, you’ll develop your understanding of design history, aesthetics and cultural context.
These courses are open to all adults — no prior experience needed. Join a community of curious learners and discover new ways of seeing and interpreting the built and designed world.
Explore our online architecture, design and material culture courses today and start your journey into the history of how we shape our surroundings.
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Pigments and their meanings: the colours of art from China to the MediterraneanIn this lecture we examine how ancient technologies of colour, as the most immediate sensory element in any work of art, were sourced, processed, and disseminated across cultures and assimilated into diverse systems of meaning and significance from China to the Mediterranean world. This lecture is part of the 2026 Art History Festival organised by the Association for Art History.
Online
Wed 7 Oct 2026Anita ChowdryFull fee £0.00
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