Better Living Through Windows (2013) by Douglas CouplandVancouver Art Gallery
The world of 'design' covers everything from art to tech to textiles. It's where creativity meets practicality. Scroll on, and use the arrows to point, click, and drag your way through 5 museums around the world celebrating the aesthetics and the ingenuity of design.
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The V&A, as it's familiarly known, was founded in 1852 and houses the world's largest collection of sculpture, design, and decorative arts (around 2.3 million objects). The museum sits on London's Exhibition Row, along with the Natural History Museum and Science Museum.
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The museum's sculpture halls are like no other. The carefully crafted facsimiles and plaster casts in these rooms have educated and inspired artists for over 150 years. But some of its holdings are more recent: in 2015 the museum acquired Nguyen Ha Dong’s app Flappy Bird.
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Museo del Design Italiano, Milan
Here you can wander the halls of Italy's Museum of Design in that most famed city of fashion, Milano. Click your way through a timeline of tasteful modern marvels!
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Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen
Denmark is recognised around the world for setting high standards and creating innovative objects, from LEGO bricks to Arne Jacobsen's Egg chair. Many Danish designers find their imaginations fired by the objects held at the Designmuseum Danmark.
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For students of design, the museum is invaluable. Among the physical collection of posters, chairs, and household objects, the library holds a fully annotated and illustrated database of every single piece of furniture made in Denmark between 1900 and 2000.
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Design Museum, London
It always helps when the building itself is a masterpiece. In 2016 the Design Museum moved from a banana warehouse on the banks of the Thames to its new home in the former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington, not far from the V&A.
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Standing in the atrium of London's Design Museum, you can fully appreciate the stunning hyperbolic paraboloid roof, which soars over the open space. The upper floors hold the permanent collection, while downstairs are temporary exhibitions.
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Dongdaemun Design Plaza
The sleek metal curves of the Dongdaemun Design Plaza are the unmistakable mark of the late British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, who emphasised the 'transparency, porousness, and durability' of the structure, as well as its ecological features.
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The undulating walls and bright, white interior make it look like something from A Space Odyssey. These otherworldly spaces contain the exhibition hall, conference hall, design museum, design lab, and other public event spaces.
Better Living Through Windows (2013) by Douglas CouplandVancouver Art Gallery
