New Work: War Memorial for the London Science Museum

The wall-mounted war memorial designed by Harry Pearce for the London Science Museum is a reverential and sober tribute to those employees of the museum that fell in the First and Second World Wars. The plaque is made from a single piece of cast iron layered with typographic interventions that are powerful in their simplicity. Each layer represents a world war with ‘19’ serving as a link between the two sets of dates ’14-18′ and ’39-45′. A single cross is cut through both layers.

Harry previously designed the graphics for the museum’s Launchpad interactive gallery and Dana Centre.

Additional views of the memorial after the jump.