Museum of London offered me a great exposition where an atmosphere of the old London was recreated. They used old artefacts, furniture and materials, added sounds, gave me an opportunity for a brief moment to imagine that I am in the past. Conclusion - environment sometimes is not less important than the artefact itself, sometimes you have to understand the environment in order to understand the object and how it works and how it was used. London Museum has interactive screens and recreated spaces (old huts, olympic games stadium)
The other museum which inspired me a lot was the Imperial War Museum. It was opened in june after a refurbishment, the curators have made a great job there. As soon as you enter the space, you are overwhelmed with the scene in the main hall. Real life planes and a spaceships are attached to the ceiling. Boats, torpedoes and cars overhang each floor. Circular structure of the exhibition. That gave me an idea that the Museum should be constructed in a way, so the visitors don't need to use a map and they can easily see where to go, and what to see. There should be different levels of understanding the exhibition. Special texts or games for kids, texts for people who are more interested in reading, cinema boxes and recreated environmental sound and scenes. Imperial war museum, despite the small mistakes and inconveniences (sometimes the text is poorly lit, or the artefacts are positioned in a narrow place, so people start to group around it) it is a great example of a modern museum. The exhibition 1st World War and a Secret War as well as Holocaust are good examples of modern technologies use. Interactive boards. A great way of narration through the space of the exhibition.
In Imperial War Museum I have found a few paintings that impressed me. Their context as well as their story gave me few ideas for the museum of the future. In her painting Flora Lion depicts a factory where the weapons for the war are produced. It made me think about the factories in which the design objects are produced. Why do we have to see a modern chair displayed in Design Museum if we use it in everyday life? The process of manufacturing is smth that has to be shown in the Design Museum, the main hall should be converted into a into a "factory", a stage production. It is interesting to know how the legs are bend, how all the parts of the chair are attached.
The other work that inspired me was a painting by George Clausen. He depicts another factory space. The light from above reminded me of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. A temple like space. The new Design Museum building should be turned into a design sanctuary. The huge space of the main hall should be lit by day light coming from the windows above. A future museum can become a temple of design, bringing the design to the altar. A spiritual, mystique atmosphere. A place to think and to witness, observe.
(Hagia Sophia)
(The roof of a new Design Museum )
I have seen this art work in the Town Hall Hotel. It has a very interesting glowing reflecting surface, but if to look at it closer, you will see that the whole surface is made of little stars. The detail that you don't see unless you look closer. That gave me an idea that Design Museum should give visitors an opportunity to see the object in detail. How are the joints made? See materials through a magnifying glass, learn the story of the object. What was it (the shape) inspired by, what does it represent, ect.
The Biggest suite in London in the Town Hall Hotel is a good example of how old listed building can be refurbished to look modern and up to date. (Since we are working with a listed building where a new Design Museum will be moved in 2015th)
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