Dear Design Aficionados of the Future

This is 2012

London

On the eve of the London Design Festival, Founder of the Design Museum Sir Terence Conran, Director Deyan Sudjic OBE and Chairman of the Trustees Luqman Arnold, joined by leading architects and designers, attended a ceremony today to celebrate the ground breaking of the new Design Museum at the former Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street.

To mark this historic moment in the development of the Design Museum, a time capsule was buried in the foundations of the new building. Leading figures in the world of design and architecture were invited to nominate an object to be included in the capsule. They include the museum’s Design Circle members, Zaha Hadid, Paul Smith, Norman Foster and Cecil Balmond, as well as Sir Terence Conran and John Pawson.

[ not photographed is Zaha Hadid's addition of a Model of the MAXXI museum in Rome and a
Book by Patrik Schumacher, The Autopoiesis of Architecture, Vol.1: A New Framework for Architecture ]

Design Museum Time Capsule

Tin of Anchovies added by Sir Terence Conran [image: Dominic French]

iPhone 4S added by Sir Terence Conran [image: Dominic French]

A good bottle of 2012 Burgundy added by Sir Terence Conran [image: Dominic French]

European Union Flag added by Cecil Balmond [image: Dominic French]

One Euro Coin added by Cecil Balmond [image: Dominic French]

2p Stamp added by Cecil Balmond [image: Dominic French]

USB containing images of jazz and blues music album covers, including John Coltrane and Bing Crosby by Cecil Balmond [image: Dominic French]

Isle of Man, London 2012 Olympic Games Stamps designed by Paul Smith added by Sir Paul Smith [image: Dominic French]

Image of Battersea Power Station added by Margaret Howell [image: Dominic French]

1949 Wish Bone Chair (miniature model) for Hans J. Wegner for Carl Hansen and Son added by John Pawson [image: Dominic French]

Cylinder Line Coffee Pot designed by Arne Jacobsen added by Kenneth Grange [image: Dominic French]

Mini Lockheed Lounge added by Marc Newson [image: Dominic French]

Standard Light Bulb added by Thomas Heatherwick with Ingo Maurer [image: Dominic French]

Badoiiing game, 2012 winner of the museum’s Design Ventura competition for 13-16 year-old D&T students added by Deyan Sudjic [image: Dominic French]

London 2012 Olympic Torch designed by BarberOsgerby added by Deyan Sudjic [image: Courtesy of the Design Museum]