Category: Art
Marc Jacobs' Yayoi Kusama-themed Louis Vuitton collection.
The Design Museum's latest exhibition, 'Designs of the Year', showcases the best design from the past twelve months across seven fields: architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, digital, product and transport.
Colour Porcelain by Scholten & Baijings/1616 Arita Japan.
Located on the first floor, the exhibition presents the nominees with abandon – fashion mannequins stand between iPad demonstrations and architectural models.
The main draws will be Renzo Piano's Shard in the architecture category and Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic Cauldron in the product category. There's plenty more on offer though, including A/W 2012 fashion collections from Proenza Schouler and Giles Deacon and a lifesize model of Yayoi Kusama representing Marc Jacobs' Louis Vuitton collection.
Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic Cauldron 'petal'.
Zaha Hadid's incredible Liquid Glacial table and Future Primitives shelving by Muller Van Severen dominate the furniture category, while the Barbican's Rain Room and Lytro's Light Field Camera battle it out for the digital prize, amongst others.
Bauhaus at the Barbican identity by A Practice for Everyday Life.
Graphic design is abundant, with entrants including the Gentlewoman's sixth issue (with that glorious Angela Lansbury cover), Bauhaus at the Barbican identity by A Practice for Everyday Life and Strelka's constructivist branding by OK-RM.
Well Proven Chair by James Shaw and Marjan van Aubel.
With 99 exhibits in various forms, this is one summer exhibition not to be missed. For the full lowdown and visiting information, see the Design Museum website.