Lesley Jackson is a London-based design curator, historian and author specialising in twentieth century design. She has published at least eleven books to date, include Twentieth Century Pattern Design from Princeton Architectural Press http://www.papress.com/bookpage.tpl?isbn=1568987129&cart=110, The Sixties: Decade of Design Revolution from Phaidon, The New Look: Design in the Fifties http://www.jstor.org/pss/1315941, and Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design from Mitchell Beazley.

She curated the 'From Atoms to Patterns' exhibition at the Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection

The Wellcome Collection is a museum at 183 Euston Road, London, displaying an unusual mixture of medical artifacts and original artworks exploring 'ideas about the connections between medicine, life and art'. The Collection comprises three public exhibition spaces, an auditorium, events space, cafe...

in 2008. http://www.designweek.co.uk/Articles/138305/Wellcome+launches+1950s+materials+show.html