Wind shaped the landscape of East London. Heavy industry settled here, taking advantage of the eastward winds pushing toxic fumes to the outskirts, sparing other parts of the city from heavier pollution. Today, much of the industry has left, but the winds persist.

To manage strong currents between V&A East Museum and London College of Fashion, we designed two overlapping sets of mesh screens. Their dramatic mountain-shaped contours and pigmentation take inspiration from Chinese landscape painting. This draws a connection to the V&A’s own collections, where Chinese landscape art has long been carefully conserved and studied.