Sep 17
Reclaiming its rightful position as the hub of the London Design Festival once again, the Victoria and Albert Museum is springing to life this week as a number of design curiosities fill the gaps between the permanent collections.
Amongst the most impressive thing you’re likely to see on the circuit this year, Lebanese designer Najla El Zein has erected an enormous installation in a usually unassuming doorway. Constructed of 5,000 paper windmills, the ‘Wind Portal’ creates a gateway between the antique corridors of the Victorian galleries and the modern extension on the other side. As light streams from above through the latter’s skylight, the mills spin playfully on and off, the whole sculpture powered by small hidden motors.
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