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California Designing Freedom Exhibit London Design Museum

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40251210

I grew up in the Santa Clara Valley ( The Valley of The Hearts Delight).

The produce grown in the sprawling orchards of apples, prunes, cherries and apricots fed the nation.

Then David Packard, then IBM, then Woz and Mr Jobs and now that once agricultural food basket is known world wide as Silicon Valley. All the orchards, dairies and farm land plowed under and developed. A completely different landscape.

For a couple of years ( in my youth ) worked at a community college just up the road from a start up company called Apple. Good times.

On my very first rip to Europe ( the Nixon years) was on a tour bus and in route to a castle in Germany people started introducing themselves. I was the youngest person on the bus. When it was my turn to say hello the older couple from Iowa who had started a conversation with me when I boarded the bus
chimed in, " She's not American, she's Californian." I uttered, " and damn proud of it!"

Still am.

This California native would love to see this exhibit during my November trip but it ends in October.

I hope Helpline posters vacationing in London over the next few months are able to see it.

Looks intriguing.

Eureka!

Posted by
3753 posts

A cool looking exhibit! Unfortunately, I won't be in London in September or October to see it. Maybe I should change my travel dates. Thanks for posting about this.

Posted by
8660 posts

No problem.

The Design museum is rarely mentioned as a place to see while in London. Architectural interesting interior and as a Film and TV Location scout such places visually intrigue. So does the subject matter.

Figure there might be fellow Californians and know there will be other travelers from the US of A who might find it of interest.

Posted by
16241 posts

Fellow native Californian here. Although I no longer live there, much of my family does, and we visit often.

The apartment we enjoyed for three weeks last May (2016) was in Shad Thames, very close to the Design Museum. We kept intending to go, but only my daughter-in-law cut ally made it there (while my son and I watched my grandchildren play in the fountain and water feature near the City Hall).

Would love to see this exhibit, but unfortunately we will not be in London this year, other than flying through Heathrow.

What do you think of the Apple Store in Covent Garden?