Kenneth Grange. Making Britain Modern.
'Kenneth Grange is Britain’s leading product designer, his prolific career spans over 50 years and he is responsible for designing some of the most iconic and familiar products and appliances that shape our daily lives. Kodak cameras, the silhouette for the Intercity 125 train, Kenwood food mixers, Parker pens, and the re-design of the London black cab are just some of his well-known designs.
In 1972 Grange, together with Alan Fletcher, Theo Crosby, Colin Forbes and Mervyn Kurlansky established Pentagram, a world renowned multi-disciplinary design consultancy. More recently, in the 1990s, Grange has produced distinctive designs that have become part of our landscape, from the Adshel bus shelter in 1993 to the Rural Post box for Royal Mail in 1998. Today Grange continues to work with British companies includingAnglepoise, furniture designer Hitch Mylius and fashion designer Margaret Howell.
This exhibition is Kenneth Grange’s first UK retrospective celebrating his work, design journey and the role he has played in making Britain modern. With unique access to the Grange archive, the exhibition includes over 150 products, prototypes, sketches as well as audio, photography and film.'
This is my favourite blue.
Making Britain Modern?________________
In
my opinion, it is the sheer volume of products designed by Grange, and
the areas in which they span across. When looking at his work as a
collective, you see such versatility across a large range
of materials and subject matter.
This Is Design.
'Designers in Residence:
Designers in Residence is the annual residency programme, run by the Design Museum, which celebrates new and emerging design talent. Now in its fourth year, the residency supports the selected designers at an early stage of their career, allowing them to build on their current design practice and develop new or existing work. The Designers in Residence have been given a bursary to support the development of their career and guidance in creating a new piece of work for the exhibition.
Selected through an open-call for applications, the finalists were asked to respond to a brief to consider the idea of imperfection either in an object, environment or experience. See their remarkable designs in the gallery.'
Will Shannon.
'Prior to studying at the RCA Will Shannon worked as a studio assistant to artist Anthony Gormley. Shannon’s current work merges the role of designer, maker and manufacturer to create travelling workshops. His previous works include a mobile gold smelting plant and a travelling workshop housed on a bicycle that was resident at the Urban Orchard during the 2010 London Festival of Architecture. For the Designers in Residence programme Shannon is proposing ‘Autonomous Workplace no004: Mobile Chipboard Factory’ a travelling production line which creates new products from unwanted furniture.'
Jade Folawiyo
'Product designer Jade Folawiyo studied at Central St Martin’s and draws inspiration from her Nigerian heritage. For the residency Folawiyo will explore and celebrate the tarnishing and rusting of metals. Folawiyo is inspired by the ways different cultures share ideas and practices, bringing new approaches to previously forgotten traditional crafts. As part of a gap year in 2009 Folawiyo worked in Italy as part of Fabrica, Benetton’s design communications research centre at Treviso. Folawiyo’s work has been exhibited at Design Miami, Maison et Object and at the Secondome gallery in Rome.'
Sourced:
http://designmuseum.org/media/item/77962/3938/press-release-final.pdf
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