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David Adjaye: Making Memory | In-Depth

In this collection of interviews and blog features, the Design Museum spoke to some of the artists featured or involved in the David Adjaye: Making Memory exhibition. Read on to find out more.

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Q&A with Sir David Adjaye

Read the Q&A with Sir David Adjaye about the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History Culture, the overall winner of Beazley Designs of the Year 2017.

Q&A with David Venables, European Director - AHEC

The Design Museum caught up with AHEC’s European Director, David Venables, about their project, Sclera, the elliptical wooden outdoor by Adjaye Associates crafted from American tulipwood.

Q&A with David Reinfurt

The Design Museum speaks to graphic designer, David Reinfurt about his Speech-to-Text typeface for Sir David’s proposed Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King Memorial in Boston.

PHILIP SIMMONS, Master Blacksmith (1912 – 2009)

Rossie M. Colter introduces the work of African American artisan and blacksmith Philip Simmons – a master blacksmith who worked prolifically in Charleston from the early 20th century until his death in 2009.

Q&A with Adam Pendleton

To mark the David Adjaye: Making Memory exhibition, the Design Museum speaks to conceptual artist, Adam Pendleton about his critical use of conceptual art for Sir David’s proposed Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King Memorial in Boston.

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David Adjaye: Making Memory

Experience the storytelling power of architecture through an exploration of seven monumental projects from celebrated architect Sir David Adjaye OBE.