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V&A Galleries: 250 Objects Redefine Modern Life
14 Feb
Summary
- The V&A displays 250 diverse objects, from baby monitors to Snowden's computer.
- New galleries explore themes like crisis, conflict, and consumption, spanning decades.
- Exhibits highlight design's role in social issues and repeat patterns of history.
The Victoria and Albert Museum has unveiled its Design 1990-Now galleries, featuring 250 objects that explore design's profound influence on contemporary life. These newly reopened galleries, organized thematically rather than chronologically, present diverse items from Nigeria's 2018 World Cup kit to Edward Snowden's dismantled computer.
Six themes, including housing, living, crisis, conflict, and consumption, are explored across two rooms. Exhibits span decades, with sections like 'women at work' juxtaposing a 1986 power suit with a bra worn by factory workers in China and fast-fashion jeans linked to the Rana Plaza collapse.
The galleries also highlight recurring historical narratives. A poster from 1992 protesting racist murders is displayed alongside one commemorating Eric Garner's death in 2014. This thematic approach, featuring 60 new additions and 11 items from the Rapid Response scheme, aims to foster understanding of the present through the lens of the past.
