design museum, london design festival

zaha hadid:architecture and designuntil 25 november design museum, shad thames, london

the design museum exhibition is the first full-scale show of hadid’s work in the uk and also the largest ever held by the design museum, spanning two floors. the show focuses on hadid’s recent extraordinarily productive period while also showcasing built and unbuilt projects past and their accompanying artwork. here are some designboom pictures from the show.

first floor – london, built, unbuilt (clockwise from top): ‘paeno science centre’ wolfsburg 200-05, ‘the peak’ hong kong (sculpture) 1982-83, ‘maxxi: national muceum of xxi century arts’ rome 1997-ongoing, unbuilt project paintings, ‘bmw central building’ leipzig 2002-05, hadid’s artwork, ‘the peak’ hong kong (model) 1982-83, ‘swarm chandelier’ 2006.

second floor – work in progress (clockwise from top left): ‘guangzhou opera house’ china 2003-ongoing, chanel travelling exhibition pavillion 2007-ongoing, ‘abu dhabi performing arts centre’ uae 2007-ongoing, ‘signature towers’ dubai 2006-ongoing, ‘opus office tower’ dubai 2007-ongoing, ‘abu dhabi performing arts centre’ uae 2007-ongoing.

the stunning vortexx chandelier 2005

second floor – objects and furniture (clockwise from top right): second floor exhibition space, gyre lounge chair 2006, louis vuitton icone bag 2006, mesa table 2007, z.car 2006, door handles 2007, aqua table 2005, louis vuitton icone bag 2006, crest chaise 2006, vortexx chandelier 2005.

also currently on show at the design museum:

friendly fire, the graphic design of jonathon barnbrook: until 10 october barnbrook’s powerful graphic statements about corporate culture, consumerism, war and international politics are displayed in the friendly fire exhibition alongside older works from the designer’s own archive.