Bombay Sapphire partners Design Museum on supermarket project
An installation mixing art and commerce aims to show that creativity is an essential part of life.
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Product packaging created by artists for UKâs Design Museum aims to showcase importance of creativity
The Design Museumâs âessentials storeâ, which will open as a temporary shop. Photograph: Design Museum
The Design Museumâs âessentials storeâ, which will open as a temporary shop. Photograph: Design Museum
Mon 19 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT
It will sell âessentialâ products including toilet roll, teabags, washing-up liquid, passata and gin but, given this could be the worldâs first artist-designed supermarket, not as we know them.
The Design Museum in London will this week reopen its shop as a supermarket, selling a range of products with packaging designed by emerging artists. The aim is to convey the message that creativity is as essential as the stuff we buy in the weekly shop.
Last modified on Mon 19 Apr 2021 01.41 EDT
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