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Design Museum (London)
 Design Museum (London) ... exhibitions over two floors, and a "Design Museum Tank" exhibition space out by the water front. It is on South Bank in the affluent Shad Thames area in SE1 London. The museum covers product, industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design. It was founded in 1989 and claims to have been the first museum of modern design. It attracts 200,000 visitors annually.Newest Review: ... fan of Gio Ponti, but I think this is because I have never seen his work in Real life before. It amazing to think how little the camera can capture of an artists work, I have found that photographs can only give you the faintest impression of a sculpture or object, whe n you see them in the flesh it is a whole ... more ... new experience. With any piece of design you need to touch and feel the materials, pick it up and hold it, or if it is a chair sit in it to appreciate the real qualities of the design. That is one good thing about the chair gallery, I mentioned earlier, th...more |
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The Design Museum (London) (2700 words)
by jokoo - written on 03.04.04 (Very useful, 389 readings)
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The Design Museum is situated just a few hundred yards from Tower Bridge. I last visited about a year ago so there may have been a few changes since then. The Design museum is a repository for what are considered to be the best , or at least iconic pieces, of twentieth century product design. This includes furniture, tables, chairs, lighting and all manner of interior furnishings. The collection though mostly covering the modernist period does look incredibly dated. Modernism as a style has been around for over a hundred years now, and is fast sliding into a historical period, in fact it already has. When you go to the museum thinking Im going to see the best ...
