is an exhibition of Arup with financing by Volkswagen, and walking around reading the tags, I haven't a clue what Total Design might be, never mind its philosophy. It reminds me though of the arguments about good design of urban environments with pro - poor policies and the role of information and information systems in the matter. Now the V&A has woken up to engineering, rather than frocks, there might be a place here to rewrite a little history. There is another exhibition coming up, involving the whole earth catalog, and anyone who has copies of that has a valuable resource. Indeed I'd like to know whether anyone has any archives at all. John Lindsay Reader in Information Systems Design Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, London.