Popped up to London yesterday, primarily to go to the V&A. First time I’d actually been to the V&A - much preferred going to the Science & Natural History museums as a kid. Managed to get some sketching done, but most of the time was spent wondering around the place, as it is quite the maze. It is definitely the kind of place you can spend an entire day or more in, sketching. I’ll inevitably end up going back over the summer.

The other reason to pop to the V&A was the Elytra Pavillion. The modular structure is fabricated using robotic weaving techniques applied to carbon-fibre. The research and design is lead by a team at the University of Stuttgart. If you’re in London on either the 17th or 18th of June, they’re doing a live build of a module - so you can actually see the robotic fabrication method at work. There is also a Biomimicry & Design Symposium at the V&A on Friday 17th June, which is ticketed.

Also went to see the new X-Men film - was awesome. Especially the costumes at the end. That trip took me over to “The O2″ (nee, The Millennium Dome), for the first time since its construction back in 1999. I understand now why it took a while to figure out what to do with the space - you can fit 5 storey buildings in it. I feel that they missed a trick though. It would’ve been awesome if they turned it into a multi-level botanical park & public hydroponics facility.