On Tuesday, the class explored the Victoria & Albert Hall before we attended the special Alexander McQueen exhibition, which was entirely incredible. I read every single word in the entire exhibit; I didn't want to leave. But back on topic, one of the exhibits was What is Luxury? in which you found many unparalleled pieces, that could only be described as fitting of the height of luxury. Nonetheless, as elegant and put together as the exhibit was, I didn't love the sign when associated with luxury. It was much too distracting. I looked at it and thought of anything but luxury. Yes, it makes you think since you have to skip all around to read the question and the exhibit was asking you to think about what luxury is, but regardless, I was not a fan.
Most unfortunately, I regretfully have to announce that I could not peruse the Shoe exhibition, because I'm a poor college student living in Kensington even though I was dying to. Nonetheless, I fell in love with the name of the exhibit and the sign they chose to present it in. The neon is so stark and eye-catching, especially when in red, pink, and then white. I love how "shoes" and "pain" are in art deco in contrast with the beautiful script of "pleasure." Additionally the fading of red into white is really attractive. It's even more effective because pink ("pleasure") is closer to red ("shoes") and then "pain" is in white, making it stand out further, despite being the same typeface as "shoes." Really wish I could have seen how they translated this throughout the rest of the exhibition...
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