Design Museum
Justin McGuirk is chief curator at the Design Museum in London.
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Justin McGuirk
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Design and Architecture
California: Designing Freedom Easy Rider motorcycle at the Design Museum Photo by Luke Hayes From the drug-fueled 1960s style of the hippies to the techno-Utopian visions of Silicon Valley's founders, California's design sensibilities have had a global reach. The exhibition California: Designing Freedom at the Design Museum in London show objects -- from psychedelic acid tabs to the insides of computers -- that tell the story of the quest for personal freedom in the Golden State and how it came to have such a powerful influence on us all.
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