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ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
Design Museum
London, United Kingdom

Photographer:
Luke Hayes

2008 DESIGNERS IN RESIDENCE ANNOUNCED
- Designers selected to appear in annual show
10 September – 27 October 2008
Admission FREE

Designers in Residence is an annual exhibition inviting emerging designers to transform an area of
the museum with their work. This year’s residents have been chosen for their experimental approach
to design and have been invited to create installations responding to the theme of collections and the notion
of collecting.

Exhibits will include a contemporary interpretation of the Curiosity Cabinet which allows visitors to gain
a unique view of unusual collections and a Creativity Machine will engage visitors by presenting the various
paths and decisions that designers face throughout the design process. The Guinness World Record holder
for making the Highest Popping Toaster creates a continuous bench which will flow in and around the Design
Museum Tank. There’s also a touch sensitive Interactive Wall which will allow visitors to view key design items
from the museums permanent collection and be mesmerised by a dynamic spinning installation that reacts
to biological emotions.

Providing a springboard into the design world, Designers in Residence 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. Now in its second year, Designers in Residence runs from September 10 – October 27 2008, during
the London Design Festival.

Funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation the 2008 Designers in Residence are: Tom Drysdale, Matthew
Falla & Lea Jagendorf, Jethro Macey, Adrian Westaway & Ben Storan, Freddie Yauner and Sarah Angold
whose installation will be funded by the Tallow Chandlers’ Company.

Design Museum Director, Deyan Sudjic comments “Designers in Residence is an opportunity for the Design
Museum to embrace new talent, this annual exhibition enables the museum to engage with young designers
and celebrates the dynamism and potential of a range of designers at the beginning of their careers”.

Last years former Designer in Residence, Chris O’Shea will chair the This happened debate as part of
the FESTIVAL themed museum overtime event on 19 September and take a peep behind the design screen
as this years designers talk about their work at The Open Rehearsal event on 28 September.

DESIGN MUSEUM, SHAD THAMES, LONDON SE1 2YD

TICKETS: Adults £8.50; Concessions £6.50, Students £5; Free to Under 12s
OPENING: 10.00-17.45 Daily. Last Admission: 17.15
PUBLIC INFORMATION: 0207 940 8790. designmuseum.org