The London Design Festival at the V&A 18 Sept 2015
Mise en Abyme by Laetitia de Allegri and Matteo Fogale (both pictured)- The London Design Festival comes to the V&A with a range of installations including: Zotem, supported by Swarovski, is an 18m tall double-sided monolith created by young Norwegian designer Kim Thomé; The Cloakroom by Faye Toogood, where visitors are invited to take one of 150 coats to wear as they explore the Museum using a sewn-in fabric map to guide them to discover 10 different coat sculptures; Curiosity Cloud by mischer’traxler, for Perrier-Jouet in the Music Room, in which 250 mouth-blown glass globes hang from the ceiling containing a single, hand-made insect; and The Ogham Wall, by Grafton Architects for Irish Design 2015, in which 23 ‘fins’ (resembling Irish and British standing stones) carry an ancient alphabet which originated deep in Irish Celtic history. The annual festival runs from 19 – 27 September, and the Victoria and Albert Museum is the Festival’s hub - www.londondesignfestival.com
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