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MAXXI: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF XXI CENTURY ARTS [ROME, ITALY] is nominated for Brit Insurance Designs of the Year, the Design Museum’s anual showcase of the best design in seven categories.
Visit the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year blog for details of the exhibition and awards.
Currently showing at the Design Museum is Zaha Hadid’s new commission, Visions For The City Of London. Showing until 4 October 2009 as part of Super Contemporary - Celebrating Visionary Design from London’s Creative Mavericks.
This model of the forthcoming Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre is probably the most spectacular of all the models in the show. Architecturally the project - which was announced earlier this year - marks a new direction for Hadid, with the building’s forms being variously described as resembling an internal organ or a pair of mating lizards.
Zaha’s Vortexx chandelier has proven to be one of the most popular exhibits in the show. It was designed in 2005 for Italian lighting brand Sawaya & Moroni and represents an “infinite ribbon of light”. The exhibition text says: “The curved lines conjure up a double helix that appears to flow in perpetual motion. The chandelier is made from fibreglass and acrylic, finished in car paint with a recessed LED light source by Zumtobel.” The chandelier’s lighting technology is by Zumtobel of Austria. Read the rest of this entry »
A schoolboy admires Z.Car - a (non-working) prototype for a compact three-wheeler that is on display on the top floor at the Design Museum. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is the first of our selection of highlights from the exhibition - or at least the top floor of the exhibition, since the first floor is a bit dark for photos without pro equipment.
The Louis Vuitton Icone bag is made of moulded plastic and comes with its own stand and two stools. Read the rest of this entry »
