THE LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2012
14/09/2012.
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metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
This September, the London Design Festival 2012 will celebrate its 10th anniversary year! The Victoria and Albert Museum will be the hub of the Festival and landmark location Trafalgar Square will be transformed with an innovative sound installation. The event runs from September 14-23.
The work of Gio Ponti, maestro of Novecento design, comes to the V&A in an installation for the public to see and use. Molteni&C’s collection of Ponti pieces are curated in an exhibition that shows us the design master’s process, and draws us into his world.
It’s not everyday that a designer is given the opportunity to create a contemporary installation amid the splendour of the V&A Museum, which is already home to over four million items of historical and contemporary art and design. This year, that invitation has been extended to Nendo, a Japanese studio that has emerged as one of the most dynamic design groups of the last decade. Mimicry Chairs installation at the V&A. Rendering © Nendo.
Mimicry Chairs installation at the V&A. Rendering © Nendo.
Prism presents an alternative view of London, exposing unseen data flows in the capital through a sculptural, immersive interface suspended in the V&A’s uppermost cupola. The installation is an investigation into the virtual life of the city, and our own often ambiguous relationship with the data that controls our lives.
It’s a given that light changes space, but in Walk The Light it becomes you, the visitor, who determines that change in the lighting. Your movement through the V&A Exhibition Road Tunnel Entrance will directly control this innovative lighting installation.Walk The Light, by Dominic Harris & Cinimod Studio supported by PHILLIPS, V&A 2012 © Cinimod Studio.
Visualisation of the BE OPEN Sound Portal in Trafalgar Square. BE OPEN Sound Portal in Trafalgar Square as part of the tenth anniversary of the London Design Festival 2012. Situated within one of London’s most iconic public spaces, the BE OPEN Sound Portal is an entirely new kind of installation that focuses on the design that you can’t see – that of acoustics and sound – rather than visual spectacle.
Conceptual designer Rolf Sachs has responded to the grandeur of the V&A's Henry Cole Wing Grand Staircase with an evocative installation that fully exploits the soaring height of the ornate space, which is open to the public for the very first time during the Festival.
This display features original drawings, photographs, models and film footage documenting the work by the lead architects and masterplanners John McAslan + Partners and engineer Arup to transform London’s King’s Cross Station for Network Rail.
The London Design Festival is the UK’s premier Festival of contemporary design, and one of the world’s most important annual design events.
The ten-day Festival programme is made up of over 280 events and exhibitions staged by 200 partner organisations across the design spectrum and from around the world
As the Hub of the Festival, the V&A is the first point of call for Festival visitors; it is the ideal place to meet, pick up information, visit inspiring installations and events, and to enjoy the Festival atmosphere.
Throughout the Museum there is an array of specially commissioned installations and displays to enjoy, and a broad programme of special events, talks and workshops that take place throughout the week in the bright, modern setting of the V&A's Sackler Centre, and in the Museum.
For more information on the London Design Festival, see:
londondesignfestival.com
Global Design Forum
Central Saint Martins / 18 September
The Global Design Forum offers participants a unique opportunity to meet with key creatives and business figures to explore and discuss design’s role in creating a positive future for cities, communities and businesses worldwide. With speakers including Olympic-cauldron designer Thomas Heatherwick; Dr Astro Teller, Director of New Projects at Google; Frank Stephenson, Design Director of McLaren Automotive; and Jane ni Dhulchaointigh, Founder and inventor of sugru, this is one of the London Design Festival’s do-not-miss events.
