Design Museum - Drawing Fashion Exhibition

Day off - sh.. weather - what (besides staying in bed) better can there be than going to an exhibition ...

So .. today I went to the current exhibition at the Design Museum. It was about Fashion Illustration of the 19th and 20th century. Very interesting and inspiring, there were many drawings that gave me new ideas for my own illustrations, fe including printed patterns etc

I couldn't quite connect to the first part of the drawings though, probably because it's just not my style.

One of my favourites is the cover design for Vogue in 1929 by Georges Lepape. I love the composition and how he played with the font, although for me the V was a little bit difficult to recognize. At first glance I thought it was a G.

What I also realized today was that it's probably better to first have a quick view through all the work when being at an exhibition and then to focus on the work you're feeling connected to.

There's another exhibition upstairs about architecture. They have one room there with plain white walls and a bright wooden seating area. It somehow gives you the feeling of calmness and silence and I can understand now why they're also using it at mental institutions. ;)