During the winter break I finally had time to go visit some museums and exhibitions in London that I had been intending to visit. I started off visiting the Museum of Brands, which I had been introduced to when I did graphic design in college but hadn’t had the opportunity to visit. I didn’t realise how much animation history related items were in their collection, and it was fun to find them. Such as Zoetrope’s, Magic lanterns, paper peepshows as well as popular IP Felix the cat and Mickey Mouse. I do think it is a great source of inspiration when it comes to style and design and seeing how it has changed throughout the years.
I also went to the Wes Anderson: The Archives exhibition at the Design Museum, which is one of my favourite museums to visit especially when they have exhibitions on. I haven’t seen as many Wes Anderson films as I would like to have seen but I am more familiar with his works utilising stop motion and so I was looking forward to seeing some of the props and armatures. He is well known for his famous miniature models which I got to see a couple such as the Grand Budapest Hotel and the Asteroid City Train.