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A blog by Simon Armstrong, Head of Retail at the Design Museum London and resident DJ for Friends + Family London. A keen collector of design, books and vinyl, cyclist, writer.

Design Museum Talking Fridge Magnets!

Even more lovely product for the Design Museum Shop, designed by Build and in store today!

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New Design Museum Talking Badges

sweet non-virtual tweet treats!..

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New Design Museum Shop Mugs

At last, our new products have hit the shelves! Designed by Build and made entirely in the UK, these lovely things are available exclusively from the Design Musuem Shop.

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London 1927

Incredible footage of London in 1927 – with added colour to bring it to life. Amazing.

Filed under: film, life, london, love

New screen-prints! Launching Monday at Noon


‘Birdman’ by Tord Boontje.
Edition of 100.
2 colour screenprint.
Info / Purchase

“Mrs P’s Journey” by Margaret Calvert.
Edition of 100.
7 colour screenprint.
Info / Purchase

“The Neues Museum” by David Chipperfield Architects.
Edition of 100.
Digital print.
Info / Purchase

“The Chairs” by Konstantin Grcic.
Edition of 100.
7 colour screenprint.
Info / Purchase

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Thomas Demand

Thomas Demand is a German photographer who builds 3D paper scenes based on found images. He then photographs those models and destroys them afterwards. Fantastic stuff.

Steidl have just put out a book of work to sit alongside the current exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

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Modern Art

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Back.

So, I’m back! Although my camera has sand in it’s lens, so no new pics at the moment.

A few things of interest:

In order to declutter London, the River Thames is removed.

Miss Van Exhibition at Stolen Space.

Cycling + Identity debate: “Biking in the U.S.—much like, for example, shopping at farmer’s markets—constitutes an identity many people want no part of even though it offers an ostensibly healthier and/or saner way to live. You have to become one of “those people”; you enter a peculiar spotlight and invite all sorts of assumptions about what you are like.”

Naoto Fukasawa’s Tea + Coffee Maker finally available in the UK! Christmas made easy.

One nagging thing… “The world’s leading psychologists to look inwards and share, in 150 words, one nagging thing they still don’t understand about themselves.”

So many signs: This Page Is Under Construction

Filed under: bikes, coffee, design, london, shop, thoughts and ideas

A blog-cation

I always imagined that one day I would get married. That day is almost here. So I’m going to take the rest of the month off, and will return in October with more goodies, books, artwork and stuff. We’re working on a whole bunch of new stuff, back with it soon….

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London Design Guide 2010

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Jan Kaplicky Screen-print: Project 015

Neville Brody - Free Me From Freedom Poster

Ettore Sottsass - Valentine Poster

Tim Walker Poster - Lily Cole On A Spiral Staircase

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