Famous designers including Stella McCartney, Ron Arad, Nigel Coates and Tom Dixon - and Zaha herself of course - were at the private view for the Zaha show at the Design Museum the other week. This video by Gemma Coombs shows them all milling at the party with the likes of Tate Modern director Sir Nicholas Serota and Sir Terence Conran. Above is a still from the movie; the actual movie is below. Read the rest of this entry »
In our latest movie, Zaha Hadid, Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic and Woody Yao (the architect at Zaha’s office who put the exhibition together) face the press to talk about the exhibition and answer questions. Above is a screen grab from the movie; the actual movie is below. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is a short interview with Zaha that we conducted at the press preview of the exhibition last week. In it, Zaha talks about the exhibition, as well as about the difference between designing furniture and buildings, and the impact she feels her work has had on architecture. Above is a screen grab from the movie; the actual movie is below. Read the rest of this entry »
In this interview we conducted last week, Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic introduces the exhibition and talks about the reasons why he chose Zaha Hadid as the subject of his first major architecture exhibition. Above is a screen shot from the movie; the actual movie is below. Read the rest of this entry »
Read Dominic Bradbury’s review of the show in today’s Daily Telegraph.
” There seems little doubt that Hadid will go down in history as one of the great architectural pioneers, and this exhibition helps confirm that view.” *****
The Design Museum and Daily Telegraph have organised a readers evening on 9 July including a tour of the exhibition and champagne and canapes. Tickets are £10 and can be booked on 0871 522 8026.
The first press reviews of the Zaha Hadid - Architecture and Design exhibition have been published.
Edwin Heathcote, architecture critic at the Financial Times, has written a review/interview (above) in which he states: “Her time has come. The Design Museum show documents an architect at the peak of her career.” Read the rest of this entry »
