A couple of days ago I took a trip down to the design museum on south bank and had a look around the ‘Brit insurance, designs of the year’ exhibition. Last year Shepard Fairey’s unofficial Obama campaign poster won the show, that was a massively influential piece of work, so I was excited to see what had made the shortlist this year.
The exhibition its self was set out into thematic categories, such as social enablement, global and sustainable solutions and everyday design, rather than just being split up by the judged categories, graphics, furniture, fashion etc. This combined with the interactive works created an engaging and thought provoking show.
My favourite pieces included this ltd. Edition vinyl cover for Pet shop boys ‘Yes’ album. It’s the kind of item I dream of owning, even though I don’t have a love of the pet shop boys or a record player.
Perhaps the most fascinating works for me was the book ‘Pig 05049’ which documents the journey of a pig after its death; it shows the 185 products the randomly selected porker was used to make after being shipped off around the world. The study is all wrapped up into a beautifully clinical layout and book design
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