‘David Bowie Is’ – the Victoria & Albert Museum

23 March – 11 August 2013

The V&A has been given unprecedented access to the David Bowie Archive to curate the first international retrospective of his extraordinary career. David Bowie Is will showcase more than 300 objects, such as handwritten lyrics, original costumes, film, set designs and instruments – exploring Bowie’s perpetual self-reinvention over five decades and tracing his history as one of the most pioneering cultural icons of modern times.

Based on advance ticket sales, the exhibit is set to be the most successful show in the museum’s 161-year history.

Bowie’s first album in a decade, The Next Day is being released on March 11th.

Beautifully simple, innocently carefree work by Amyisla Mccombie, a recent graduate of University College Falmouth. Based in the UK, she is a freelance illustrator and set designer.

A fun series of car portraits on tumblr titled One Lady Owner.
Photography by David Oscroft and friends.

Nice illustrations by Oriana Fenwick.

Chloe Bryon is an English designer living in California.

Some cool drawings by Archie Fitzgerald, hailing from the historic English city of Canterbury. Archie is also part of Just Us Collective.

Oslo-based jewelry designer Anna Talbot is inspired by fairy tales, nursery rhymes and songs. Delicately-crafted layers of anodized aluminum, wood veneer, brass, gilding metal and silver create wearable stories – brimming with flora, fauna and familiar characters of lore. Fantastic and captivating work.

Martin Silvestre is an Art Director & Graphic Designer at Anonymous, a digital studio based in Paris.

Some great work from Berlin based Eps51

Large is Carbonnet Leo, Arthur Bonifay, Geoffrey and Emmanuel Pellet Besse, four graphic designers/type designers based in Paris and Brussels. Together, they promote a spontaneous approach projects entrusted to them.