‘Cathedral of design’ prepares to open doors
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FROM Walkmans to iPhones and classic cars to robotic arms, London’s new Design Museum will offer a journey through the world of contemporary design when it opens its doors to the public next week.
The museum in London’s plush Kensington district is the culmination of an 83-million pound (US$103-million) project to transform a once derelict building. “Our ambition is to create somewhere which would be a world center for design and a place to start conversations about the world of design,” museum director Deyan Sudjic said on Thursday at a media preview.
The museum will house almost 1,000 objects in its permanent exhibition — among them a London Underground train, a Ford Model T car, Gucci tennis shoes and Christian Louboutin’s Pigalle high-heels — covering everything from fashion to engineering.
The museum’s new site is nearly three times the size of its previous home, which was a former banana warehouse in southeast London.
British designer Terence Conran, who founded the museum, hailed it as a “magnificent new cathedral of design” and said the move was “the most important moment of my career.”
“It allows all our dreams and ambitions for the museum to come true, to create a world class space, truly international, with the size and scope for the serious promotion and celebration of design and architecture in this country,” he said.
“I don’t think there’s anywhere in the world that comes up to this museum at the moment.”
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