AFP – From Salvador Dali’s lip-shaped sofa to the dream-like video clips of Icelandic artist Bjork, Surrealism has influenced design for almost a century. The complex evolution is now being explored in a new exhibition – Objects Of Desire: Surrealism And Design 1924 – Today – which was shown at London’s Design Museum. Visitors were welcomed upon […]
The exhibit explores design from the birth of surrealism in 1924 to the current day; spanning classic Surrealist works as well as contemporary responses
From Dalí’s Mae West sofa to cutting-edge chairs pulled out of thin air, the Design Museum show traces the movement’s impact on design – here, curator Kathryn Johnson takes us through the highlights