This article was published 10 years London’s Design Museum has announced the ninth cohort of new designers to benefit from its annual Designers in Residence programme. The four are Alix Bizet, Clementine Blakemore, Andrea de Chirico and Rain Wu. The designers will spend the next four months responding to the…
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New Design Museum will open on 24 November 2016
This article was published 10 years The Design Museum has just announced that it will open the doors of its new Kensington High Street venue on 24 November 2016, having spent £83 million on the John Pawson-designed transformation of the Grade II* listed former Commonwealth Institute building. “This move will…
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out and about :: hello, my name is paul smith
This article was published 12 yearsIt’s a sort of greatest hits December, where I’m sharing some of my favourite posts from this year. This one still really inspires me… It must be tempting to show off. When the Design Museum calls to say they want to put on a retrospective…
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design for good :: wheelchairs of hope
This article was published 12 years I spotted this wheelchair at the Designs of the Year exhibition at the Design Museum and was intrigued to find out more. It is the first children’s wheelchair to be designed specifically for children, rather than being just a scaled down version of an…
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out and about :: designs of the year
This article was published 12 years The Designs of the Year exhibition at the Design Museum is one of the highlights of my year. Now in its seventh year, it showcases all the nominations for the Design of Year awards and includes architecture, digital, fashion, furniture, graphic, product and transport…
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out and about :: in the making (pt 2)
This article was published 12 years A few weeks ago, I left you half way around In The Making at the Design Museum, an exhibition curated by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, so I thought it was about time to pick up where we left off. We were just looking…
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out and about :: in the making (pt 1)
This article was published 12 years As regular readers will know, I am fascinated by the design and making process, often more than by the end product itself, so you can imagine how excited I was about In The Making, an exhibition Jay Osgerby and Edward Barber have curated for…
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photos of numbers :: D99A, 2 & 48
This article was published 13 yearsHello and happy Friday! This week’s selection of numbers comes from right across London. D99A was spotted at West Brompton tube station just as I was running away from the last day of Home London. Following on from last week’s numbers, the 2 is another…
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out and about :: rakennetaan puutarha (let's build a garden)
This article was published 13 years The Design Museum and the Museum of Finnish Architecture sit on parallel streets, facing in opposite directions. The space between them is filled with a little courtyard, and at the moment, that courtyard is filled with a little garden. “Rakennetaan puutarha” or “Let’s build…
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out and about :: rakennetaan puutarha (let’s build a garden)
This article was published 13 years The Design Museum and the Museum of Finnish Architecture sit on parallel streets, facing in opposite directions. The space between them is filled with a little courtyard, and at the moment, that courtyard is filled with a little garden. “Rakennetaan puutarha” or “Let’s build…
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out and about :: extraordinary stories about ordinary things
This article was published 13 years I recently visited the Design Museum to check out Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things – and I can highly recommend it – it’s on until January 2015, so you’ve got plenty of time! The exhibition includes just a tiny extract of the UK’s only collection…
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out and about :: lesser known architecture
This article was published 13 years I love things that make you look harder, that make you stop and appreciate the beauty and creativity all around you. Lesser Known Architecture, is a tiny photography exhibition in a tucked away corner of the Design Museum that does just that. As part…
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out and about :: designs of the year
This article was published 13 years I went along to the Design Museum‘s Designs of the Year last week – for the sixth time a panel of industry experts has got together to decide on the world’s best designs across seven categories – architecture, digital, fashion, furniture, graphics, product and…
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interview :: alexandre bettler
This article was published 15 yearsI met Alex after he took part in the Design Museum‘s ‘Pecha Kucha X Wim Crouwel’ event and was fascinated by his unusual approach to the design process. I couldn’t wait to talk to him afterwards and find out more… What’s the most important thing…
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about and about :: wim crouwel in conversation
On March 31st I went to see Rick Poynor in conversation with Wim Crouwel and Wim’s son Mels Crouwel at the Design Museum. It was first in a series to mark the retrospective of the iconic graphic designer and typographer; Wim Crouwel, a Graphic Odyssey. Afterwards, I plucked up the courage to speak to the man himself to ask for a short interview – and he said yes!
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out and about :: john pawson plain space
This article was published 16 yearsJohn Pawson Plain Space at the Design Museum opens with; “…I think a plain space near the eye gives it a kind of liberty it loves; and then the picture, whether you choose the grand or beautiful, should be held up at its proper distance….
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out and about :: campana brothers
The Design Museum Camapana Bothers talk was a fascinating insight into Brazillian culture and the Campana brothers’ design process.