NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE

So this weekend we knocked off another one from our "Sing to-do list" and visited the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE. It's a very cool and extremely massive museum that's free to the public and you only pay to see the "feature" exhibits (we paid $6 each to see both of the featured exhibits, well worth it). Within it's walls, there's a number of free sections that focus on the history, food and photography of Singapore as well as a number of rotating headliners. This month it's the work of Christian Lacroix and Verner Panton. 

Lacroix is one of the most legendary clothing designers on the planet and this exhibit focussed on his theatrical costumes, while Panton is a trailblazer in the world of furniture design. While the Lacroix exhibit was interesting, the Panton exhibit blew us away with how cool some of his designs were and how ahead of the times he truly was. Today it may be considered "retro" but when you look at the furniture pieces he came up with in the 50's and 60's... his use of shape and color, it's pretty amazing. He created some astounding rooms as well, bars and restaurants that if around today, would be considered some of the hottest joints in town, seriously, his work is all that AND a bag of chips. At first I thought, "man do I really want to see this?" and boy am I glad I listened to that smart wife of mine, I would have missed this incredible exhibit focusing on this very talented man. All in all it was an awesome day at the museum and you can see the pics HERE!!!