Design Museum Trip, in London

My school's design trip to the Design Museum in London
saw lots of design there
Song is Don't ask me by Ok Go

At the Museum at the time of the video:

Brit Insurance Designs of the Year

"The design worlds Oscars"
Icon Magazine

The worlds most interesting and forward looking designs have been nominated for the Brit Insurance Design Awards by industry experts spanning seven categories: architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport. This 91 shortlisted designs are on display in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year exhibition. From this comprehensive list, a panel has decided the category winners in each of the seven disciplines. These finalists will go forward to vie for the 2009 Brit Insurance Design of the Year to be judged by a panel, chaired by Alan Yentob and including the designer and environmentalist Karen Blincoe, and the architect Peter Cook. This exhibition will be open until 7pm on 15, 16 + 17 May.

Brit Insurance Design Award 2009
Barack Obama Poster, USA
Designed by Shepard Fairey

Category winners
New Oslo Opera House, Norway
Snøhetta
Client: Ministry of Church and Cultural Affairs

Italian Vogue: A Black Issue, July 2008
Vogue Italia, published by Condé Nast

MYTO Chair, Italy
Designed by Konstantin Grcic
Commissioned by BASF, Manufactured by Plank

Barack Obama Poster, USA
Designed by Shepard Fairey

Make Magazine, USA
Published by OReilly

Magno Wooden Radio, Indonesia
Concept and design by Singgih S Kartono
Manufactured by locals in Java

Line-J Medellin Metro Cable, Colombia
Designed and Manufactured by Poma, France
Client: Metro de Medellin Ltda.

Hussein Chalayan

22 January 17 May

FINAL WEEK
This exhibition will be open until 7pm on the final weekend 15, 16 + 17 May

"A beautifully orchestrated show"
Daily Telegraph

Leading the forefront of contemporary fashion design, the twice named 'British Designer of the Year,' Hussein Chalayan, is renowned for his innovative use of materials, meticulous pattern cutting and progressive attitudes to new technology.

This exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of Hussein Chalayans work in the UK. Spanning fifteen years of experimental projects, the exhibition explores Hussein Chalayan's creative approach, his inspirations and the many themes which influence his work such as cultural identity, displacement and migration.

Exhibits include Afterwords which explores the notion of wearable, portable architecture in which furniture literally transforms itself into garments; Airborne - bringing the latest LED technology to fashion design with a spectacular dress consisting of Swarovski crystals and over 15,000 flickering LED lights; Before Minus Now a dress made of materials used in aircraft construction which changes shape by remote control and Readings a dress comprising of over 200 moving lasers presenting an extraordinary spectacle of light.

Category:

Science & Technology

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[kelperkay]

great vid! i want to go there i also want that guys sweater! btw what is he saying at the end there..something about his name?

[JugglerMaxx]

ohh yeah, he was calling up 118 (phone service in UK to get numbers for companies etc.) to get the number for a car garage in London, and they asked for his name so he's saying 'why do you need to know my name?' it's a be there thing, lol.

[kelperkay]

ohh mmkay.

[vandrizzle]

that seems like super cool museum!