05 September – 13 January 2013
Over the past decade Swarovski’s design and architecture commissions have served as an important experimental platform for leading figures in design to conceptualise, develop and share their most radical ideas.
You can take part in the exhibition from anywhere in the world by tweeting using #digitalcrystal or texting +44 (0)7860 021492 and your message will appear in the exhibition on 1000 LEDs hidden in the crystals of Ron Arad's Lolita chandelier.
For this exhibition, the Design Museum and Swarovski are collaborating to challenge designers to explore the future of memory in the fast developing digital age. Working with some of Swarovski's previous commissions, alongside a new generation of designers, this exhibition examines the changing nature of our relationship with objects and even with time. Digital Crystal asks some of the most exciting talents in contemporary creativity to explore ways in which we can recover that lost connection we have with things, the result is 15 unique installations giving you a glimpse of the future of memory.
PARTICIPATING DESIGNERS:
Random International
Semiconductor
Fredrikson Stallard
Troika
Anton Alvarez
Paul Cocksedge
Arik Levy
Philippe Malouin
Ron Arad
Hye-Yeon Park
Hilda Hellström
Marcus Tremonto
Yves Béhar
Maarten Baas
Beta Tank
Watch the featured designers on film and find out more atdesignmuseum.org/digitalcrystal
If you have a smartphone and want to listen to the audio in the exhibition via your device please bring headphones with you so as not to disturb other visitors. Alternatively, static headphones with audio content are available to everyone in the exhibition.
In partnership with
Media Partner
Audio equipment kindly supplied by Sennheiser