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Great Brits: the New Alchemists

4 April - 5 May

Curated by the British Council and the Design Museum with Sir Paul Smith, Great Brits: the New Alchemists is a showcase for the new generation of talented young designers working in Britain. Each of the designers - Pascal Anson, Michael Cross and Julie Mathias (Wokmedia), Julia Lohmann, Matthias Megyeri and Peter Tragg - is at the start of their career, yet has developed a distinctive approach to design. They share a passion for experimentation with new materials and manufacturing technologies and for exploring the transformative - or alchemical - possibilities of design.

Great Brits explores the development of a raw, surreal design aesthetic that transforms base objects or materials and commonplace typologies in unexpected ways.

Great Brits: the New Alchemists is organised and toured by British Council Australia.

Image:
Michael Cross and Julie Mathias Flood 2004