Category: design
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
This museum is the most unexpected place I visited in the Museumpark area. See earlier posts here and here about this area of Rotterdam. This is not a destination museum for me as I (Chris) have not heard of it before. The entrance courtyard is stunning – boldly marked by zebra stripes producing an optical effect.…
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow
We spent only two days in Glasgow – clearly not enough. But we nevertheless managed to visit the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It has been one of Scotland’s most popular visitor attractions since it reopened in 2006 after a three-year refurbishment. The gallery first opened in 1901. The scope of its collection is wide ranging,…
The Police Married Quarters 元創方, Hong Kong
… almost forgot about this post which we wrote earlier in the year. We visited The former Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters, now renamed PMQ 元創方 in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong earlier this year. The buildings and grounds have been turned into a landmark for the creative industries. It is truly a great place to wander…
Alexander Girard at Vitra Design Museum
This is the third post on what we saw at the Vitra Campus. The Vitra Design Museum is one of the publicly accessible building on the Campus. A major retrospective – “Alexander Girard – A Designer’s Universe” was installed when we visited. Much of what is written below came from their web site which is…