CANDELA DESIGN BY DE PASS & MONTGOMERY & MCLNTYRE
AT VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2014
September 13, 2014 - September 21, 2014
CANDELA DESIGN BY DE
PASS & MONTGOMERY & MCLNTYRE
AT VICTORIA &
ALBERT MUSEUM
LONDON DESIGN
FESTIVAL 2014
September 13, 2014 - September 21, 2014
Candela / Installation / LDF Panerai / Felix de Pass in collaboration with Michael
Montgomery and Ian McIntyre /
2014
Candela is an immersive installation at the V&A for the London Design Festival designed in collaboration with graphic designer Michael Montgomery and ceramicist Ian McIntyre. This project is the first time the three designers have come together to form multidisciplinary team de Pass, Montgomery, McIntyre.
Due to the light sensitivity of the medieval textiles on display, the V&A Tapestries Gallery is one of the darkest spaces in the museum. The installation comprises a large rotary machine that sits centrally, hovering just off the gallery floor. As the face of the machine revolves it passes through a light source that charges its surface, in turn emitting this energy as after glow.
The continual revolution of the machine creates a perpetual ebb and flow of light-patterns travelling across the structure. This rich layering effect plays with the memory of the phosphorescent material also used on the dials of sponsor Panerai's watches. The title of the installation, Candela, comes from the standard unit of luminous intensity: a common candle emits light with a luminous intensity of roughly one candela.
Candela is an immersive installation at the V&A for the London Design Festival designed in collaboration with graphic designer Michael Montgomery and ceramicist Ian McIntyre. This project is the first time the three designers have come together to form multidisciplinary team de Pass, Montgomery, McIntyre.
Due to the light sensitivity of the medieval textiles on display, the V&A Tapestries Gallery is one of the darkest spaces in the museum. The installation comprises a large rotary machine that sits centrally, hovering just off the gallery floor. As the face of the machine revolves it passes through a light source that charges its surface, in turn emitting this energy as after glow.
The continual revolution of the machine creates a perpetual ebb and flow of light-patterns travelling across the structure. This rich layering effect plays with the memory of the phosphorescent material also used on the dials of sponsor Panerai's watches. The title of the installation, Candela, comes from the standard unit of luminous intensity: a common candle emits light with a luminous intensity of roughly one candela.
www.londondesignfestival.com
THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
A Brief History of the Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum's collections span two thousand years of art in virtually every medium, from many parts of the world, and visitors to the museum encounter a treasure house of amazing and beautiful objects. The story of the V&A's foundation helps to explain its astonishing richness and diversity.
The Museum was established in 1852, following the enormous success of the Great Exhibition the previous year. Its founding principle was to make works of art available to all, to educate working people and to inspire British designers and manufacturers. Profits from the Exhibition were used to establish the Museum of Manufactures, as it was initially known, and exhibits were purchased to form the basis of its collections.
The Museum moved to its present site in 1857 and was renamed the South Kensington Museum. Its collections expanded rapidly as it set out to acquire the best examples of metalwork, furniture, textiles and all other forms of decorative art from all periods. It also acquired fine art - paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture - in order to tell a more complete history of art and design.
Generous funding and a less competitive art market than today's meant that the young Museum was able to make many very important acquisitions. The Museum itself also grew, with new buildings being added as and when needed. Many of these buildings, with their iron frames and glass roofs, were intended to be semi-permanent exhibition halls, but they have all survived and are one of the finest groups of Victorian buildings in Britain.
In 1899, Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of a new building designed to give the Museum a grand façade and main entrance. To mark the occasion, it was renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum, in memory of the enthusiastic support Prince Albert had given to its foundation.
Throughout the 20th century, the collections continued to grow. While expanding its historical collections, the V&A also maintained its acquisition of contemporary objects, starting with a collection of Art Nouveau furniture in 1900.
The Museum's ceramics, glass, textiles, dress, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, sculpture, paintings, prints and photographs now span the cultures of Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa, and date from ancient times to the present day.
Although the V&A's collections are international in their scope, they contain many particularly important British works - especially British silver, ceramics, textiles and furniture.
The British collections enable the V&A to explain not just the history of design in the British Isles but also the broader sweep of their cultural history. The British Galleries are designed to give visitors from this country and from around the world a new insight into the history of Britain by bringing us closer to the thoughts and lives of key people in an influential culture.
The Victoria and Albert Museum also offers visitors the chance to experience at first hand the splendour of the arts of Asia. Britain's long association with India and South East Asia has given the V&A the opportunity to acquire magnificent works from the cultures of that region. Objects in all media are represented, including stone and bronze sculpture, furniture and woodwork, jewellery and metalwork and collections of Indian miniature painting and textiles which are among the most important in the world.
Visitors can also enjoy galleries devoted to the art of Japan, China, Korea and the Islamic world. The East Asian collections are among the best in Europe, with particular strengths in ceramics and metalwork, while the Islamic gallery displays some truly spectacular carpets.
The V&A also reflects the diverse nature of contemporary Asian cultures, collecting contemporary Asian art and design as diverse as Japanese studio crafts and Indian film posters.
Contemporary design has always been at the heart of the V&A's work and the Museum remains true to its founding mission of promoting excellence in design and manufacturing. It works hard to encourage contemporary designers, acquiring their work, and providing inspiration through its displays.
Many of Britain's most successful designers have used the V&A as a source of ideas and stimulation and visitors to the V&A have the opportunity to see their work alongside the historic collections which helped shape them.
Henry Cole, the V&A's first director, declared that the Museum should be a 'schoolroom for everyone'. The V&A today offers visitors the chance to explore more deeply by using its study rooms, guided tours, gallery activities, lectures and special events. Whether you want to enjoy the galleries independently, or get more closely involved, there are many ways to discover the delights of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/a-brief-history-of-the-museum/
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR DR. MARTIN ROTH
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR DR. MARTIN ROTH
THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2014
September 13, 2014 – September 21, 2014
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2014
September 13, 2014 – September 21, 2014
London’s internationally renowned Victoria and Albert Museum has
provided a collaborative ‘hub’ for the London Design Festival since 2009,
bringing the world of design to life with a rich variety of landmark projects,
installations, talks and events, allowing a wide audience to engage with the
Festival.
From 13-21 September, the V&A will again host a range of
exciting, experimental and immersive projects for the duration of the Festival
and beyond. Now, in its 12th year, the London Design Festival is regarded as an
essential part of the year’s cultural events and has helped to establish London
as the design capital of the world.
Dr Martin Roth, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum said:
“Each year, the V&A’s galleries are transformed by the thrilling
installations and interventions created as part of the London Design Festival.
The Museum is the Festival hub for the sixth time in 2014 and we look forward
to hosting it for the 60th and beyond! In this intensive, inspiring period, the
best of contemporary design comes ‘into conversation’ with the Museum’s
outstanding historic collections - and always produces exciting new ideas.”
londondesignfestival.com/va-museum
FELIX
DE PASS (MA RCA)
British Designer ( Born – 1984 )Felix de Pass is a British designer based in London. His studio focuses on the design and development of furniture, product, lighting and interior design projects.
Informed by a passion for materials and processes, Felix de Pass’s studio is committed to delivering appropriate and functional solutions with a simple and direct design language. The studio engages in an exploration of cutting edge technologies, rigorous research and a dynamic and creative design process that evolves in dialogue with the client and manufacturer.
Felix studied MA Design Products at the Royal College of Art London, graduating in 2009. He is a visiting lecturer in Furniture and Product Design at Kingston University, London.
"Felix subtly combines ingenuity and poetic detail with pragmatism and clarity of purpose"
Visiting
Lecturer / Kingston
University, London
Clients
/ Disegno, Dinesen, Kellenberger-White, Turner
Contemporary, Established
& Sons, V&A, The
London Design Festival, KK
Outlet, New
Balance, Glasgow
International, Uniform
Wares, AHEC,Benchmark, Officine
Panerai
http://www.felixdepass.com/About
You may watch the Candela's installation at Victoria & Albert Museum video to click below link. I had taken some images from the video.
