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June 7, 2004

Oh Architectural Bondage, Up Yours!

As usual, I spent a lot of time in museums this trip. I made pilgrimages to the Tate Britain, the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, and most memorably, the Vivienne Westwood exhibition at the V&A, and the wonderfully goofy, pop-inspired architectural creations of the 1960's design group, ARCHIGRAM at the always brilliant Design Museum.

For the uninitiated, Vivienne designed much of the groundbreaking original couture sold by punk empresario, Malcolm McLaren, at London's notorious bondage boutique, Sex.

As for the ARCHIGRAM group, you can read their story in cartoon form here.