design overtime late night opening
Sep 10th, 2007
Design Overtime returns! Friday 5 October. See Zaha Hadid - Architecture and Design until 10pm. And for only £5!
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zaha wins london design medal
Sep 18th, 2007
Last night, the London Design Medal was awarded to Zaha Hadid by Mayor of London Ken Livingstone at the opening ceremony of the London Design Festival at the Royal Festival Hall. The medal, designed by Pentagram partner Domenic Lippa, was launched for the first time this year, and it acknowledges the depth of design talent in the
Here is the Urban Nebula installtion that Zaha Hadid Architects designed for the London Design Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Chambers writes…
Aug 22nd, 2007
Last year Wallpaper* celebrated its 10th anniversary, and in time-honoured fashion we wanted our favourite figures, from the many disciplines covered by the magazine’s content, to share in our celebrations. It goes without saying that Zaha featured prominently, embodying as she does the same driving principles that we pride ourselves on. Zaha’s contribution to our 10th year celebrations was two-fold. She was one of the 10 artists we approached to design a limited edition cover, and she was also chosen by Karl Lagerfeld as his architectural hero in our gargantuan ‘Power Couples’ feature for Wallpaper* 092 last October. Read the rest of this entry »
late night opening this friday
Aug 21st, 2007
The Design Museum will be open until 10pm this Friday 24 August.
We call our late opening Design Overtime and it provides an opportunity to view Design Museum exhibitions until 10pm, but also encourages you to participate through workshops, activities and debates. Always fun, often serious, and sometimes spectacular, the theme for the August Design Overtime is a night of protest and song.
Do you have an opinion about design? Then come to the Design Museum to voice it. If you have no opinion then come and formulate one!
Join us from 6pm for Design Overtime. Entrance to exhibitions only £5! Activities are included and optional. Last admission 9.15pm.
Urban Nebula
Aug 17th, 2007
Urban Nebula is a sculptural installation that explores the potential of pre-cast concrete as a medium for repetitive and fluid form.
Urban Nebula is one half of Size + Matter, a project by Zaha Hadid and Amanda Levete for the London Design Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
Build it Again!
Aug 14th, 2007
The Grand Finale of our Build it Like Zaha workshops took place on 29 July.
The workshop was heaving! Book now for our August workshops Beach Life and Carnival Crazy on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Deyan Sudjic writes…
Aug 13th, 2007
Its great to see the museum so busy, and to see that architecture really does have the power to hook people who are not already converts. The Hadid wall of fly through images of the completed buildings has the audience transfixed by the scale of what she is building, and you can hear a constant stream of people go wow! when they first catch sight of the darkened first floor, and the chandelier. We have a constant stream of high profile visitors to show around.
James Purnell, the new culture minister came in for an hour during his first week in his new job, which certainly says a lot about the architectural literacy of the Brown government.
Blog your thoughts on the exhibition!
Aug 5th, 2007
What do you think of the Zaha Hadid exhibition? If you visit the museum you can add your comments to this blog at the special blog station on the second floor. A bank of computers have been set up so you can record your impressions. Or you can simply scroll to the bottom of any story on this blog and add your comment that way.
Here are a selection of comments we’ve had on the blog so far:
Durendran says: “Zaha, your design mesmorises me. its looks so sexy and elegant… actually there is no words to discribe it… its just making me more inspired by your design….”
Gary says: “yeh man ! Loving the car… looks a bit like a smart car! buffff!”
Fernando Caruso says: “It is very good but is it road legal?”
B. Dhaliwal says: “We had a fantastic day out at the Design Museum. The workshops very interesting and the staff were very friendly and enthusiatic with their work. Most amazing resources to work with. I would recommend this to any parent.”
Aline Chahine says: “well it is really great to see kids already envolved in design and crafts, but i would like to ask Mrs Hadid- to maybe enlarge her activities especially workshops here in the middle east, beirut for example, it would be great to see lebanese youngsters learn and work on some of the great Zaha…”
Lindsay Groom says: “This exhibition was disappointing because the architectural exhibits give no indication of the function of the buildings. Architecture is about form and function. We see the form here but we have no clues to the function. How then can we judge how well the design is going to work? We can only make a judgement on how we like the shapes she uses. A less minimalist approach to labelling exhibits would be helpful.”
Becky says: “I go to JRCS in Dagenham, Essex. We came to the design museum on a trip and we have enjoyed immensley.”
Chelsey says: “i came with a school (elliott) and i think that the museum is great but a little boring for kids”
Jade says: “lovin the chairs and the chandeliere…”
JDT says: “She always says she’ll text me but she never does.”
harriet is cool says: “I HAD A WELL GOOD TIME INIT…. I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED YOUR TOILET FACILITIES WELL GOOD MATE!!!!”
Build it like zaha!
Jul 26th, 2007
Last Sunday the Design Museum held a workshop, where kids between the ages of 5 and 11 could ‘Build it Like Zaha.’ To book for this Sunday’s Build it Like Zaha workshop, 29 July 2 - 5pm, phone 020 7940 8783, email tickets@designmuseum.org or book online.
Zaha’s stage design for Metapolis II ballet
Jul 20th, 2007
Zaha’s office have sent us movie footage (at bottom of story) of Metapolis II - a ballet that is opening at the Lincoln Center in New York next week featuring stage designs by the architect and choreography by Frederic Flamand, the artistic director of the Ballet National de Marseille. There will be three performances on 25, 26 and 27 July. Read the rest of this entry »
