The National Portrait Gallery

31st January 2010 

Had a wonder around the National Portrait Gallery, through the gallery displays. One of the displays I found interesting was the "Twiggy: A life in photographs". It was interesting to see the style changing with Twiggy's age. She was so iconic as a model and the images in the show were iconic  in representing the times as well as the person. Other gallery displays at the time i visited included; John Gibbons: Portraits, Chasing mirrors, Jane Bown, Format Photography Agency 1983-2002, Salome: Oscar Wilde and Maud Allan.

January  2010

Interesting short video by the BBC, describing the difficulties of building the city around St. Pauls cathedral and the development of the city since the ideas of Lord Abercrombie.

David Adjaye

In march the design museum are hosting an exhibition based on David Adjaye's study of urbanism in Africa. I'm really excited about it, having previously traveled in Africa, and I also find his work and his design ethic interesting. 

"This detailed survey will reveal a unique snapshot of life in Africa today, documenting the nature of urban life in a developing country, a unique geo-cultural survey profiling the African city in a global context."

(http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2010/urban-africa-a-photographic-journey-by-david-adjaye)

His design for a bus shelter featured in a previous exhibition at the design museum last summer (video below)