Just in from London. Of course trying all the English beers and shopping at TopShop was at top of the list, however I was more blown away by my visit to the Victoria & Albert Museum. To quote the website:
V&A South Kensington is the world’s greatest museum of art and design, with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity. Discover 3000 years’ worth of amazing artefacts from many of the world’s richest cultures including ceramics, furniture, fashion, glass, jewellery, metalwork, photographs, sculpture, textiles and paintings.
I would have to agree. Londoners are so incredibly lucky to have a place where they can go to see some of the finest examples of design and craft. I wish I had a few more days so I could really explore each exhibit, so I had to choose the ones that most interested me: Jewellery, Sculpture and Textiles.
What is wonderful is that the website has many interactive pieces that explore the collections, such as Design a Textile. I used the kiosk in the gallery and now I have a fun memento to remind me of my visit. i am also inspired to try a few designs in Illustrator from what I learned about patterning in this fun little app. So nice!
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Hey Kathleen,
Glad to hear that you are enjoying the V&A. I was just there a few weeks ago myself. I was excited to go see the V&A after the “renovation”. Back when I lived there 8 years ago, it was announced that Libeskind was going to create a “Spiral extension”. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/326091.stm
After seeing the Jewish Museum in Berlin, by Libeskind and being blown away by such an amazing building, I was curious to see the V&A, but alas, the project never went through. I was told by a lovely old gentleman at reception, that the museum never managed to gather all the necessary funds and thus was abandoned.
Regardless of the fact, there is enough material in the V&A to keep busy. I’m off to India in January, so I headed to the India section of the museum which is relatively small, but I still managed to spend over an hour in that small exhibit. Maybe it’s because of my fascination with India at the moment. If you are interested and if it’s still on, the Ramayana exhibit at the National Library is absolutely fascinating.
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