Here are some photos from an exhibition of David Bowie memorabilia that opens this week at London's V&A museum, featuring costumes, album artwork and set designs from his personal archive. More »
Tag: V&A
David Bowie is
David Bowie is
at the V&A
A collection of original costumes, set designs, photographs, instruments and other objects from David Bowie's personal archive will go on show at the V&A museum in London this March, coinciding with the release of the pop star's first album and single in a decade. More »
V&A museum opens new
furniture gallery
News: this Saturday the V&A museum opens its new permanent gallery for furniture, displaying objects from the middle ages to the present day by designers including Thomas Chippendale, Charles and Ray Eames and Ron Arad. More »
Kieran Long appointed senior curator of
architecture, design and digital at V&A
News: journalist Kieran Long has been appointed senior curator of contemporary architecture, design and digital at the V&A museum in London. More »
Bench Years by Established & Sons
at the V&A museum
London Design Festival: Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, Jasper Morrison and AL_A are among the designers who have created benches with British design brand Established & Sons for the central courtyard of the V&A museum (+slideshow). More »
The Journey of a Drop
by Rolf Sachs
London Design Festival: drops of coloured ink fall from the top of a stone staircase into a glass tank six storeys below in this installation at the V&A museum by German artist and designer Rolf Sachs (+ slideshow). More »
Making of Thomas Heatherwick's
London 2012 Olympic cauldron
Here's a movie showing the concept animations, construction and testing of the London 2012 Olympic cauldron by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. More »
Mimicry Chairs
by Nendo
London Design Festival: white metal chairs are stacked in a tower and clustered on staircases around the V&A museum as part of an installation by Japanese design studio Nendo (+ slideshow). More »
Prism by Keiichi Matsuda
London Design Festival: data streams from all over the city are visualised on the faceted surfaces of Japanese/British designer Keiichi Matsuda's installation inside the cupola of the V&A museum for the London Design Festival. More »
V&A's new furniture acquisitions to be shown
at London Design Festival
London Design Festival: the V&A museum in London will show off its latest contemporary furniture acquisitions during London Design Festival next week, including Joris Laarman's 2006 Bone chaise and mould (pictured above). More »
John Travolta's Saturday Night Fever
suit rediscovered
Dezeen Wire: the famous white suit worn by John Travolta in 1977 film Saturday Night Fever has been rediscovered and will be on show at the V&A museum in London from October. More »
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron by
Thomas Heatherwick: model and drawings
Here are some photos of a scale model of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron designed by Thomas Heatherwick, which has now been added to the ongoing exhibition of his work at the V&A museum, plus drawings from the designer. More »
V&A Exhibition Road
by AL_A
V&A museum to open new
permanent furniture gallery
Dezeen Wire: the V&A museum in London is to open a new permanent gallery to display over 200 pieces from its collection of furniture spanning 600 years. More »
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick on his design
for the Olympic cauldron
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about his top-secret design for the cauldron that will hold the London 2012 Olympic flame in this interview filmed at his ongoing exhibition at the V&A museum in London. More »




