For this year’s London Design Festival the V&A and Veuve Clicquot have teamed up with Japanese architect and designer Keiichi Matsuda to create Prism. The responsive sculptural interface aims to present an alternative view of London, through a patchwork of live data flows from the capital.

A mixture of video, design and architecture, the installation is located at the top of the V&A, delicately suspended in its uppermost cupola, in a part of the building usually closed off to the public.

Drawing from a multitude of live data sources, the panels will transmit in real time a curated collection of information concerning everything from transport updates - including the number of boris bikes currently available - to energy and environmental data. Each surface is constantly updating in a flickering din of information processing. Simultaneously, Andaz Hotel are showing a cabinet, designed by Studio Swine containing a hologram of the Prism structure.

A fascinating and imaginative installation, Prism contextualises the city as something that isn’t just made from bricks, steel and concrete, but also from data networks and information flow. While the hike up is a difficult one – the installation is accessed through a steep narrow staircase - it is certainly worth the effort.