6/4 V&A

Today we went to the V&A's Surreal Things exhibit and had a talk with Zoe Whitely and NB Studio.
The Surreal Things exhibit ranged from theatre to fashion to furniture. A lot of ideas and objects pulled from nature, like the Eileen Agar hat made from wood and shells or the table with bird legs. My favorite part of the exhibit though was the fashion, they had an elegant dress that displayed the bones of the body. Everything was pretty bizarre... the lobster telephone, which even more bizarre is the explanation of why it is a lobster telephone. I also liked the oh so very functional furniture, there was a piece that claimed to have 18 different functions, stool, chair, table, etc.
Zoe Whitely curated an exhibit at the V&A called "Uncomfortable Truths" and NB Studio did the identity. The had brought in boards that showed their very detailed process of creating the branding. How they came about doing ink splots and all the different versions they had. They showed us some of their other work and they stressed hand doing things, like actually building or creating the thing it is that you want (heard that somewhere before?)