Creativity is Essential
From 1981-1987, a unique design moment was taking place. It was called the Memphis movement, spearheaded by Italian architect Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007). With a style inspired by Art Deco and Pop Art, it became well-known for using bright colours, geometric shapes and bold patterns. Defined by a sense of playfulness, Memphis’ clashing aesthetics and haphazard arrangements were totally new.
The group continue to influence designers today, including London-based Camille Walala. âI grew up in the 80s and my dad was an architect â he had colourful pieces of furniture in his house, and I was always drawn by them,â she explains. âEverything around me was very sleek and grey, so Iâm always attracted by colour and black and white stripes.â This week, she unveils a new project at London’s Design Museum.
Designer Camille Walala has turned the London Design Museum s shop into a pop-up supermarket selling artist-designed foods.
Opening to the public tomorrow, the shop at the Design Museum aims to help people nourish their creativity as the UK emerges out of a three-month coronavirus lockdown when supermarkets were one of the few places to remain open.
Above: the installation will be located in the Design Museum shop. Top image: it is called Supermarket The past year has been really challenging for artists who haven t been able to show work or collaborate as normal, Walala said. Supermarket is a great way to not only support the Design Museum but also shine a spotlight on the ten brilliant young artists who through this project have a new platform for their work.
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This year’s Designers in Residence programme has revealed its digital showcase, with four projects revolving around the theme of care.
The responses to 2020’s theme have been cross-discipline, from care packages which make use of illustration to a series of digital walks which encourage people to interact with the natural world.
Designers in Residence is an annual programme at London’s Design Museum, where designers are invited for a ten-month residency to explore a chosen theme. This year, the programme’s 13th, boasted an all female line-up.
Although the theme of care was chosen before the pandemic, it has taken on new meaning during the pandemic, according to senior curator of public programmes Sumitra Upham.
In Dorset, Jasper Conranâs Garden Runs Wild
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Allium, foxglove, chives, alchemilla and roses grow in Jasper Conranâs tangled garden.Credit.Simon Upton
In Dorset, Jasper Conranâs Garden Runs Wild
Set against the lush English countryside, the designerâs 17th-century home and its riotous plantings of magnificent blooms both defy and inspire his restrained elegance.
Allium, foxglove, chives, alchemilla and roses grow in Jasper Conranâs tangled garden.Credit.Simon Upton
March 16, 2021
AMONG JASPER CONRANâS most precious possessions is a signet ring given to him by his mother. Engraved with the Conran crest â a dove perched on two crossed snakes â it bears the motto âIn peace lies wisdom.â A lovely sentiment, to be sure, but considering the polymathic British designerâs wildly accomplished and famously unpeaceful family, itâs easy to infer