Spooky puppets, original costumes and childhood drawings feature in The World of Tim Burton, an exhibition at London's Design Museum charting 50 years of the American filmmaker's work.
Opening today, the exhibition of over 600 objects offers a glimpse into the mind of director and animator Burton, whose distinctively uncanny films include the 1990 Edward Scissorhands and the 2007 Sweeny Todd.
The Design Museum exhibition is spread across a series of dedicated rooms that unpack Burton's work and inspirations "through the lens of design", according to curator Maria McLintock.
The World of Tim Burton has opened at London's Design Museum
Born in 1958 in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank, Burton is renowned for his gothic movies that tend to blend depictions of the real world with imaginary universes. The first room of the exhibition contains rows of colourful display units shaped like houses that nod to the director's suburban childhood ? the banality of which was a huge influence on Burton's creativity, according to McLintock.
"He takes these very archetypal, suburban terrains and turns them on their head, making them eerie," the curator told Dezeen during a tour of the exhibition.
Early drawings are on display
A vast collection of early drawings finished in pen, ink and pencil line the house-shaped structures, featuring recurring Burton characters including the skeleton Jack Skellington, which would later star in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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