This is Design is a celebration of the Design Museum’s Collection, which examines the impact of design on the modern world, whilst also exploring the consequences of design and how it shapes our lives and contemporary culture.
The Collection has been in storage for over five years and during this period it has been catalogued, conserved and documented. The Collection contains pieces ranging from early items of mass manufacture through to cutting edge contemporary design and includes furniture, fashion, transport, products, ceramics and graphics.
Design can help us absorb and adapt to change and make positive use of a modern world which could otherwise be confusing. By using themes such as Identity, Manufacturing Innovations, the Digital Revolution and Lifecycle the exhibition will look at how design provides a visual language to help use the objects around us.
Prototypes, drawings, couture samples, models, first editions and finished industrial objects will be on display demonstrating the design process and subsequent influence of design on the contemporary culture. The exhibition will also explore ‘quiet’ design, demonstrating how design surrounds us and how whether accidental or subtle, design plays a role in shaping the way we live and enables us to understand the world around us.
