Kaffe Fassett at the American Museum

I was desperate to see this exhibition, it looked absolutely fabulous, and it was.  Although it is not a huge exhibition, the amount of items that are crammed into the space was amazing. 

The look of the space is exciting, as you stand back you see a riot of colour, as you move further in you see details, such as texture and pattern that make up the whole.

 

 

It was wonderful to see his mood boards and inspiration items among the collection. 

 

Each room is a different colour setting the theme and pieces are hung from the wall or draped on mannequins.  I particularly liked the glass cabinets of items, it was fascinating to see these collections. 

 

The exhibition was truly inspirational, and a back wall had quotes from him, which were also thought provoking, encouraging a designer to play with colour and not be afraid of it, and also not to be afraid to use a lot of colours together.  

 

 

 

After the exhibition I went to look at the rest of the museum, it was interesting to look around the house as there are some really interesting artifacts housed here.  I was particularly interested in the Folk Art room, as I was going to an exhibition of the same name at Tate Britain the following day.