Designs of the Year is an exhibition for the Design Museum and guest curator Aric Chen. Since the nominations occurred over the course of our appointment, the brief called for flexibility. The design had to be able to contain a vast and eclectic array of objects from a motorbike to a microchip. We were interested in Wunderkammers, as a way of concentrating and projecting the external world onto an interior. Partitions, plinths and niches were combined into thickened walls, which organise the display of the projects and lead the visitor through a series of distinct curatorial themes and groupings. “The Design Museum has been staging the Designs of the Year exhibition for over a decade and so one of the challenges is to keep it feeling fresh and surprising. From my perspective, OMMX’s exhibition design was one of the best I have seen for that show. From the moment one entered the gallery, one felt that it was a different proposition. They worked hard to maximise the use of space, creating an experience full of alcoves and niches that encouraged visitors to dwell. The effect was atmospheric and nuanced and required a great deal of design acumen.” Justin McGuirk, Chief Curator, The Design Museum “Designs of the Year is a complicated show to begin with, but to give it a sense of thematic order while creating a satisfying spatial experience makes it more complicated still. Fortunately for us, OMMX has a knack for distilling difficult, complex ideas and narratives into simple, legible elements. From the beginning, their thoughtfulness and rigour was constant, and it produced an exhibition design that both stood out on its own while bringing out the best in the works on display.” Aric Chen, Lead Curator of Architecture and Design, M+ Museum. Also Curatorial Director, Design Miami / Basel “The wacky and the wonderful, life-saving or just mind-changing…these are the people designing our future.” Channel 4 “‘From the brilliant to the brutal…a glimpse into what the world of tomorrow may look like” The Times