In her recent column in the New York Times, Alice Rawsthorn the ex-director of London’s Design Museum told its American readers, “Modern British design is often not very good”, she goes on to say that she can see the “change and decay all round”.
Rawsthorn then further criticises our telephone kiosks, London buses and the “achingly embarrassing” 2012 London Olympics logo – well she is probably right about the Olympics Logo. But London buses are iconic. Let’s be honest, no matter where you go in the world people associate London Buses as part of British culture.
There are many great British contemporary designers working in vastly different areas, some of their work can be seen below:
Jonathan Paul Ive, principle designer of the iMac, born in Chingford, London.
Sean Sutcliffe, designer working with materials such as wood, steel and pewter his work can be seen in many top hotels, bars and restaurants.
Jonny Hannah, originally from Dunfermline, Scotland, studied illustration art at Liverpool.
Every day we are out and about we will come into contact with some interesting designs whether it be listening to music, reading a book or even sitting on a London bus, take a moment to stop and think that it probably started off life in the head of some British designer.
