Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Victoria and Albert Museum

It is always lovely to hear from Bear in Singapore. She is an ex-colleague from Hong Kong who is a bit of a Science whizz. She writes to me this week asking me to check out the new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington – Decode: Digital Design Sensations.

These innovative and interactive designs use generative software, animation and other responsive technologies to instill “live” elements into these compositions. Whilst some works exist in a state of perpetual evolution whilst others operate through interaction by the visitors to the exhibition.

The display elements are truly remarkable and visitors are engrossed in the interactive displays – not least Airways and myself.

In the blurb it notes that
Decode looks at three current themes within digital design. Code shows how computer code – whether bespoke and tailored, or hacked and shared – has become a new design tool. Interactivity presents works that respond to our physical presence. Network charts or reworks the traces we leave behind.

Tickets for this exhibition cost GBP5 with a GBP1 discount for concessions. The exhibition runs to 11th April.






Airways´ self-generated image


touch the screen and generate showers of colour

use a hairdryer to blow away the dandelion seeds

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