Time Machines
dal 12/5/2014 al 24/8/2014
Segnalato da
12/5/2014
Time Machines
Design Museum, London
Daniel Weil and the art of design. The exhibition features a series of specially created pieces, as well opening up Weil's sketchbooks and personal archive for the first time. It includes some of his earliest work, such as 1981's influential Bag Radio, as well as commissions for Swatch, United Airlines, Krug, Mothercare and the Pet Shop Boys.
curated by Martina Margetts
“My designs are time machines, in their process of making and
expression of the moment” - Daniel Weil
The first museum exhibition devoted to Daniel Weil’s work spans his thirty
years at the forefront of design practice - from young Royal College of Art
student, newly arrived from Argentina, to longstanding Partner at
Pentagram who has taught and inspired the next generation.
Witty and thought-provoking, Time Machines: Daniel Weil and the art of
design features a series of specially created pieces, as well opening up
Weil’s sketchbooks and personal archive for the first time. The exhibition
includes some of his earliest work, such as 1981’s influential Bag Radio, as
well as commissions for Swatch, United Airlines, Krug, Mothercare and the
Pet Shop Boys.
Clocks, cutlery, a chess set - nearly all of Weil’s designs evolve from simple
pencil drawings in one of the hundreds of identical hardback sketchbooks
that he has always used as the starting point for designing. On display for
the first time, these sketchbooks are shown alongside the mass of
ephemera that activates his imagination.
The exhibition focuses on the process of design, about how a designer
thinks and works. Weil, former RCA Professor of Industrial Design and
Memphis participant, presents his experience and philosophy of design
practice as a manifesto of ‘actions for designers’. Continuously inventive,
Weil plays with fundamental elements of time, light, space and sound -
always seeking a new connection, a fresh approach.
The pieces on display, from found objects to finished products, tell a story
not of design, but of designing.
The exhibition is curated by Martina Margetts, Senior Tutor in Critical &
Historical Studies at the Royal College of Art.
• Daniel Weil qualified as an architect at the University of Buenos Aires in
his native Argentina in 1977. He relocated to London the following year to
study industrial design at the Royal College of Art, where he received his
MA (RCA) in 1981. After graduating from the RCA, Daniel designed and
manufactured his own products, including a collection for Memphis 1982
and the Bag Radio. In the partnership Weil/Taylor, Daniel also worked with
Alessi, Esprit, French Connection, Yamagiwa, Channel Four and Knoll.
Daniel was unit master for the Architectural Association and then
Professor of Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art. In 2002 the
Royal College of Art awarded him a Senior Fellowship. Since joining
Pentagram in 1992, Daniel has worked on projects that encompass a
combination of product design, packaging, interiors and art direction for a
broad range of clients that includes Swatch, Lego, Krug, Benetton,
Tretorn, Superga, Pantone, EMI, Mothercare, Coca-Cola, Grey Goose,
TSE, King’s College, Boots, Group G3/Quam, Granada Motorway
Services, A Café, Cass Art, Oyuna, Mont Blanc, Aldo, Benetton, The
London Legacy Development Corporation, One & Only Resorts, the
Bulgari Hotel, the Savoy Hotel and the Dorchester in London.
• The Design Museum is the world’s leading museum devoted to
architecture and design. The museum opened in 1989 and its work
encompasses all elements of design, including fashion, product and
graphic design. The museum has hosted exhibitions showcasing some of
the most important pioneers of design including, Paul Smith, Zaha Hadid,
Jonathan Ive, and Dieter Rams. The Design Museum plans to relocate
from its current home at Shad Thames to the former Commonwealth
Institute building in Kensington, West London. The project is expected to
be completed by 2015. Leading designer John Pawson will convert the
interior of the Commonwealth Institute building to create a new home for
the Design Museum giving it three times more space in which to show a
wider range of exhibitions, showcase its world class collection and extend
its learning programme. For more information, please visit:
www.designmuseum.org and www.newdesignmuseum.tumblr.com
Press enquires, image and interview requests:
Jenny Stewart, Press Manager, Design Museum
Tel: +44 (0) 207 940 8787 Email: jenny@designmuseum.org
Media preview: Tuesday 13 May 2014, 9.30am - 12.30pm
DESIGN MUSEUM
SHAD THAMES, LONDON, SE1 2YD
OPENING: 10.00 -17.45 daily. Last admission: 17.15
Admissions: £12.40 Adults, £9.30 Students, Members and Under 6s
free.