One the best things I saw all day was in the Raphael Cartoon room at the V&A, a giant gallery housing Raphael's depictions of the Acts of St. Peter and St. Paul. On the floor of the gallery was a series of textile-covered panels the Bouroullec Brothers arranged into two gentle slopes. Visitors were encouraged to take off their shoes and do whatever they wanted on the padded installation—most chose to lay down and look up, though one girl I saw danced and rolled her way back and forth across the floor. She had the spirit! Photo 2 of 8 in London Design Festival: Day 1 by Aaron Britt

London Design Festival: Day 1

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One the best things I saw all day was in the Raphael Cartoon room at the V&A, a giant gallery housing Raphael's depictions of the Acts of St. Peter and St. Paul. On the floor of the gallery was a series of textile-covered panels the Bouroullec Brothers arranged into two gentle slopes. Visitors were encouraged to take off their shoes and do whatever they wanted on the padded installation—most chose to lay down and look up, though one girl I saw danced and rolled her way back and forth across the floor. She had the spirit!