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Highlights from the V&A Museum for London Design Festival 2015

By Sam Dunne - Oct 05, 2015

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  • Sam Dunne Welcome to the Victoria & Albert Museum The design festival returns to London with an appropriately attention-grabbing fly poster aesthetic.
  • Sam Dunne Zotem by Kim Thome 18-meter tall, double-sided monolith embedded with oversized, color-changing Swarovski crystals. Unfortunately it was closed off for safety reasons for much of the festival's opening day.
  • Sam Dunne Mise-en-abyme by Laetitia de Allergi and Matteo Fogale A tribute to perspective in perspex on V&A's bridge
  • Sam Dunne Plastic Chair in Wood by Maarten Baas A new addition to the V&A's Design Fund collection of contemporary design pieces.
  • Sam Dunne Adventure Romantique backpack by Alexis Tourron ECAL design student explores the topic, "What is Luxury?"
  • Sam Dunne Skull Watch by Fiona Kruger ECAL design student explores the topic, "What is Luxury?"
  • Sam Dunne Le Beau Jeu leather ping pong paddles by Luc Beaussart ECAL design student explores the topic, "What is Luxury?"
  • Sam Dunne Luciole Lamp by Cessare Bizzotto ECAL design student explores the topic, "What is Luxury?"
  • Sam Dunne The Cloakroom by Faye Toogood and Kvadrat A collection of unusual coats designed to lead visitors on a narrative journey around the museum.
  • Sam Dunne The Cloakroom by Faye Toogood Coats constructed from a variety of materials were produced in collaboration with local manufacturers and placed throughout the museum. Here, small scale models are used to explain the project.
  • Sam Dunne The Cloakroom by Faye Toogood Upon borrowing a coat, visitors can use the illustrated map (included with snaps inside the coat) to locate the other cloaks sprinkled throughout the museum.
  • Sam Dunne The Cloakroom by Faye Toogood Seams on the Kvadrat textiles are hand painted using industrial paint.
  • Sam Dunne The Cloakroom by Faye Toogood Each coat is customized with an illustrated "face."
  • Sam Dunne The Cloakroom by Faye Toogood Sculptures of the coats scattered around the museum echo their environments.
  • Sam Dunne The Cloakroom Sculptures of the coats scattered around the museum echo their environments.
  • Sam Dunne The Cloakroom by Faye Toogood Sculptures of the coats scattered around the museum echo their environments.
  • Sam Dunne Curiosity Cloud by Mischer Traxler Vienna-based design duo created an illuminated kinetic sculpture with Perrier-Jouet and J.L. Lobmeyr.
  • Sam Dunne Curiosity Cloud by Mischer Traxler Model butterflies flap around large crystal bulbs and are activated by the approach of humans.
  • Sam Dunne Royal Festival Hall Lounge Chair, 1951 A classic Robin Day bentwood chair on display as part of the festivities.
  • Sam Dunne Tower of Babel by Barnaby Barford A tribute to the shop fronts of London and a comment on social hierarchies.
  • Sam Dunne Tower of Babel by Barnaby Barford. Miniatures of London's shops piled high with cheaper neighborhoods represented at the bottom and the classiest joints up top.
  • Sam Dunne Tower of Bable by Barnaby Barford. A visitor looks at details of the work through viewing glasses.
  • Sam Dunne The Ogham Wall by Grafton Architects Enormous installation of concrete slabs in V&A's famous tapestry room, inspire by the 4th Century Irish Ogham alphabet.

The Victoria & Albert Museum was once again a center of activity and specialty commissions during this year's London Design Festival. From mischer'traxler's poetic "Curiosity Cloud," an immersive and interactive kinetic sculpture, to the fantastic treasure hunt for Faye Toogood's cloaks—wrought from a variety of materials and scattered around the museum, this year's standout projects invited visitors to take a closer look and get involved.

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