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London December 2018

Sunday, December 2nd, 2018

Quick summary of stuff I went to in London… Cats on the Page (Free British Libarary) exhibition about fictional cats in books by various theme. Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War (££ British Libarary) exhibition with lots of books and some other shiny stuff like gold jewellery from hoards Tate Britain Winter Commission by Monster Chetwynd […]

Breathing Colours

Sunday, July 23rd, 2017

Breathing Colours at the Design Museum was a real disappointment. Which is a shame because perception of colour is a fascinating subject.  The problem is this exhibition is too much art installation without any deeper framework from science and technology to support it. One little box with three zones you could move objects between to […]

California: Designing Freedom at the Deign Museum

Sunday, July 23rd, 2017

The California: Designing Freedom exhibition at the Design Museum looks at design in California since the 1950s.  It places counterculture at the heart of the story and looks at its impact on design from skateboards, the pocket calculator, transport, pong, Google, the Gay Pride flag, Apple, Blade Runner, Easy Rider, LSD tabs, and graphic design […]

Cartier in Motion at the Design Museum

Sunday, July 23rd, 2017

Of the three exhibitions I caught at the Design Museum this was my favourite and I didn’t even know it was on till I arrived and the added bonus was it was free.  I can’t say I knew a lot about Cartier before the exhibition. Cartier in Motion benefits a lot from telling a coherent […]

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