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 »
Congratulations to Things To Look At blog for being, we believe, the first to post photos and a review of the exhibition (apart from us of course, but we have an unfair advantage).
Here are a couple of photos from Things To Look At; see more here.
ITV1 will broadcast a special South Bank Show on Sunday night, devoted to Zaha Hadid. The arts programme has been filmed to tie in with the exhibition at the Design Museum, and sees Zaha walking round and talking about some of her built projects, including the Phaeno science centre in Wolfsburg, Germany.
The programme starts at 22.45, Sunday 1 July, on ITV1.
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 »
Photographer Luke Hayes spent the day yesterday documenting the Zaha Hadid exhibition. Here are some portraits he took of Zaha during the course of the day. Read the rest of this entry »
