We had a university trip to London recently to visit a couple of the recent exhibitions in the V&A. The two exhibitions were The Wish List, and Disobedient Objects. This Wish List has ended now, but Disobedient Objects runs until February so I would definitely recommend a visit if you're in the area.
The Wish List saw the work of 10 emerging talents, each of whom were nominated by illustrious names in the design and architecture industries. In consisted of a piece of work created to an open brief, which was quite simply 'What have you always wanted in your home, but never been able to find?' As you can imagine, some of the designs were quite wacky - take for example a chair sat on top of a ladder (it did have a wine glass holder though..). My favourite was a desk and work area which was cocooned within wooden doors, it would certainly make for a peaceful work space!
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| Desk designed by Sir Terrance Conran |
Disobedient Objects explores art and design created by grassroots social movements. A lot of the work in the exhibition is loaned from activist groups across the world. It was eye-opening to see all the collections of political memorabilia, demonstrating how political activism paves way for design dexterity and creativity that go against the usual boundaries of art and design. On the way out of the exhibition we were greeted by this piece of art, which we all of course had a little chuckle about.
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| Coral Stoakes (2011) |
Rebecca.
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