Focus Week 2 - December 06

Designing Modern Britain

I decided to go to the Design Museum, near London Bridge, to see the exhibition on 'Designing Modern Britain'. On the way there I walked down a nice old cobbled street, 'Shad Thames', where there were several distictive wrought iron bridges connecting the buildings on either side. I later found out from an information plaque that, before any redevelopment had taken place, this site was previously a dock, where the bridges were used for transferring food goods.

I felt for this week I needed to see an exhibition as I had not attended many, and this one in particular caught my eye, as it was presenting design from a variety of perspectives, and included the history of how design all began, which I thought might inspire me.




Chairs, Chairs, Chairs!

There were many chairs from different eras demonstrating how chairs have evolved over time, eveything from quirky colourful chairs to abstract rattan chairs. It seemed like half of the exhibition was filled by chairs, which I thought was excessive. The design of a number of the chairs did not look too comfortable, perhaps they were designed to be more of a fashion statement rather than for functional use.

Olympic Games 2012

The architecture/landscape architecture section was a surprisingly small display, considering it's contribution to design, which I found disappointing. The theme was based around the future plans of the Olympic Games 2012. The display consisted of computer screens and information boards together with effective models.