British Design Exhibition - V&A Museum
The displays examine the shifting nature of British design over 60 years: three galleries respectively explore the tension between tradition and modernity; the subversive impulse in British culture; and Britain’s leadership in design innovation and creativity. The exhibition reveals how British designers have responded to economic, political and cultural forces that have fundamentally shaped how we live today. They have created some of the most inventive and striking objects, technologies and buildings of the modern world.
The following images, on display at the exhibition, show how British design has changed and evolved over the last 60 years.
Carl Jacobs - Jason Chair (1951)
Peter Smithson - Pogo Chair (1956)
Rodney Kinsman - OMK Stack (1969)
Matthew Hilton - Antelope Table (1987)
Michael Young - Magazine Sofa (1994)
Stephen Richards - Storm Chair (2000)
Over the last half century, design culture has moved firmly away from traditional manufacturing towards innovative financial, retail and creative services. This radical shift has been accompanied by new attitudes towards commodities and global communication, which have fundamentally altered the way design is produced, consumed and understood. British designers have stood at the forefront of change. In so doing, they have created some of the most iconic objects, technologies and buildings of the last 60 years.
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