Tag The Design Museum

26-12-2022

London’s Design Museum offers a new exhibition about ASMR: the world of oddly pleasant sensations

Have you ever felt a pleasant thrill run down your spine when listening to a particular piece of audio or video? This sensation is known as ‘ASMR’, and it boasts a world of multimedia production enjoyed by millions of people online. The exhibition ‘Weird Sensation Feels Good: The World of ASMR’ - presented by the Design Museum in London in collaboration with ArkDes, the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design - takes a deep dive into this phenomenon, investigating how it relates to design in modern society.

28-06-2021

"Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life" exhibition at The Design Museum in London

Starting on June 19, in London, visitors can enjoy immersive experiences into the creations of Charlotte Perriand, through the reconstruction of some of the artist’s works, such as the famous apartment designed for the 1929 Salon d'Automne and a number of iconic furniture pieces like the "Chaise Longue Basculante" and the "Fauteuil Pivotant". The exhibition dedicated to the French architect and designer, considered one of the founders of contemporary design, is currently on at The Design Museum in London and will run until September 5 of this year.

26-10-2020

The Design Museum inaugurates the Beazley Designs of the Year

The pandemic, TikTok - the social network of the moment, Minecraft, and projects for sanitising water and making bioplastics are only a few of the themes addressed by the candidates for the Beazley Designs of the Year. The thirteenth edition of the awards promoted by the Design Museum in London began on October 21, 2020. The 74 finalists selected by a committee of international experts offer a snapshot of today’s world through the lens of design.

08-02-2019

David Adjaye: Making Memory exhibition at The Design Museum

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, Ghana’s National Cathedral in Accra and the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London, UK are only a few of the projects by Anglo-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye chosen by The Design Museum for an exhibition focusing on the role of monuments and memorials in the twenty-first century.