A child’s rainbow drawing in a window, a warning notice in a shop, a handwritten note offering help; we’re all familiar with seeing these signs on our streets since the UK went into lockdown in March.
Now, many of these could make it into the Victoria and Albert Museum. On Tuesday (12 May), the V&A announced an open-call for these signs as part of its plan to create a rich portrait of life during lockdown, expressed through visual imagery.
Rainbow drawings created by children will reflect an important symbol of hope during the crisis, as well as their voice and creativity.
Members of the public are being encouraged to submit images of their homemade signs, so that expert curators can then choose which ones will make the collection. You can also get involved by sharing signs that you see out and about via social media, using the hashtag #Homemadesigns,
Brendan Cormier, Design Curator, co-leading the initiative, said in a release: “Due to social distancing measures, what we’ve seen during this crisis is an enormous amount of written communication taking place in the public sphere from home windows to shop fronts. The sum effect of these signs are that communities are organizing and expressing themselves through the means they have available; by doing so it forms a powerful reflection of the crisis itself.”
You can submit your rainbow drawings and homemade signs to
homemadesigns@vam.ac.uk
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