This is design
dal 23/8/2011 al 21/1/2012
Segnalato da
23/8/2011
This is design
Design Museum, London
A celebration of the Design Museum's Collection, examining the impact of design on the modern world, whilst also exploring the consequences of design and how it shapes our lives and contemporary culture.
This is Design is a celebration of the Design Museum’s Collection, which
examines the impact of design on the modern world, whilst also exploring
the consequences of design and how it shapes our lives and contemporary
culture.
The Collection has been in storage for over five years and during this period
it has been catalogued, conserved and documented. The Collection
contains pieces ranging from early items of mass manufacture through to
cutting edge contemporary design and includes furniture, fashion, transport,
products, ceramics and graphics.
Design can help us absorb and adapt to change and make positive use of a
modern world which could otherwise be confusing. By using themes such
as Identity, Manufacturing Innovations, the Digital Revolution and Lifecycle
the exhibition will look at how design provides a visual language to help use
the objects around us.
Prototypes, drawings, couture samples, models, first editions and finished
industrial objects will be on display demonstrating the design process and
subsequent influence of design on the contemporary culture. The exhibition
will also explore ‘quiet’ design, demonstrating how design surrounds us and
how whether accidental or subtle, design plays a role in shaping the way we
live and enables us to understand the world around us.
Highlights from the collection including the Anglepoise lamp, the original
Mini and the Moulton bicycle will be displayed alongside large scale
architectural models to include Sir Norman Foster’s HSBC Bank
headquarters in Hong Kong, couture garments and street furniture, UK road
signs and traffic lights will also be on display.
Supplemented by loans and gifts, and celebrating new acquisitions to the
collection, the exhibition also looks at the changing role of collecting design
and future developments of the Design Museum Collection as it prepares to
move to a new home at the former Commonwealth Institute. The new
museum will provide dedicated gallery space to display the collection and
celebrate the importance of design through a permanent display.
For more information please contact: Naomi Li at M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment
T: 0207 544 3687
E: Naomi.li@mcsaatchi.com
Design Museum
Shad Thames SE1 2YD, London
Hours: 10.00 -17.45 daily. Last admission: 17.15
Admissions: £10.00 Adults, £9.00 Concessions, £6.00 Students, under 12s Free.