Join us on 19 September for a preview screening of the documentary Three Days in China, followed by a Q&A 🎥 Discover the manufacturing process of the Ambessa Play DIY Flashlight, followed by a Q&A hosted by Chief Curator Johanna Agerman Ross with filmmaker Andrés Fraga, Ambessa Play founder Sara Berkai and designer Jon Marshall from Pentagram. Book now: https://bit.ly/3MfNev1
the Design Museum
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
The world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form.
About us
the Design Museum is one of the world’s leading museums devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to graphics, and architecture to industrial design. The museum is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture and demonstrates both the creative richness found in all forms of design, and its importance.
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http://www.designmuseum.org
External link for the Design Museum
- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1989
- Specialties
- Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product, and Transport
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224 - 238 Kensington High Street
London, W8 6AG, GB
Employees at the Design Museum
Updates
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Happy birthday to the creative force behind some of the most celebrated films of the last four decades, Tim Burton 🖤 Burton's work is the subject of our upcoming exhibition #TheWorldOfTimBurton, opening at the Design Museum in just two months. This major exhibition will explore Burton's remarkable creations and key collaborations with designers, inviting visitors into his world. Tap the link to book your tickets (members go free!) - https://bit.ly/3zJCMsq
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Inside the first issue of the Future Observatory Journal 🔭 In 'From the Portfolio', a group of objects emerging from Future Observatory's funding portfolio, which respond to the theme of bioregioning, are explored. These include the ogma typeface, patacel yarn and more. Tap the link to read this piece in full: https://bit.ly/47ae69r #FutureObservatory #FOJournal
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The Design Museum recently took part in #Playday, the national day for play which celebrates playfulness across generations and cultures 🤗 The event welcomed families into the museum with a range of activities which included block printing, hula hooping, inventing and creating with SnapKit! and a giant aerial installation from architects MATT+FIONA (Fiona MacDonald). Look out for Play Build Play on 22 September, a celebration of play and design for all ages and abilities at the museum, in partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom and London Design Festival. https://lnkd.in/dXUhxrg7 #Playday2024 #LDF24 📸 Richard Heald
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Join us on 17 September for a conversation with Design Researcher in Residence, Jamie Gatty Irving 🏠 This event brings Jamie together with architect and founder of the Real Review, Jack Self for a conversation about architecture in the climate emergency. Book now: https://bit.ly/4fGGZOd
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The Design Museum is the place to be this summer 💕 We have lots of exciting things going on... 🍐 Enzo Mari curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist with Francesca Giacomelli (until September 2024) 🩷 Barbie®: The Exhibition (until February 2025) 🪑 Grazie Enzo: Contemporary Responses to Enzo Mari (free display until January 2025) 🔭 Future Observatory free display (until September 2024) ☀️ Design Researchers in Residence: Solar free display (until September 2024) 🐝 Our new tri-wall ‘Fables for our Time’ ☎️ Designer Maker User (our free permanent collection display) ☕ Enjoy food and drinks in the stunning Matthew Williamson-designed Design Kitchen 🖤 Pre-book your tickets for #TheWorldOfTimBurton (opening October 2024) Plan your visit via designmuseum.org 📸 thestylebubble, ritas_world, baarborat, plespencer and jkillust on Instagram
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Inside the first issue of the Future Observatory Journal 🔭 In 'Reading Saito in Kagoshima', Dan Hill explores how Japanese environmental economist Kohei Saito is changing the way we think about degrowth and climate breakdown. Hill asks: how might his thinking be applied at a neighbourhood scale? Tap the link to read this piece in full - https://bit.ly/3Al0889 #FutureObservatory #FOJournal
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Join us on 20 September for a conversation with Design Researcher in Residence, April Barrett ☀️ Barrett will be joined by Thomas Thwaites, the designer behind the iconic Toaster Project and GoatMan, for an in-depth discussion of technological infrastructures and their small tech alternatives. Book now: https://bit.ly/4dem3fO
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There's just one month left to catch our 'Enzo Mari curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist with Francesca Giacomelli' exhibition 🍐 Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist with Francesca Giacomelli, the exhibition celebrates the life and work of Mari, whose designs have inspired generations of creatives around the world. This unmissable retrospective brings together hundreds of his projects, ranging from furniture, children’s books and games, product and graphic design, to more conceptual installation-based works. It closes on 8 September 2024 - book your tickets via the link (members go free): https://bit.ly/49LwyWc 📸 Eva Herzog
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Join us on 12 September for a conversation with Design Researcher in Residence, Freya Spencer-Wood ☀️ Spencer-Wood will be joined by the Director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London, Susan Schuppli, to discuss climate justice and interdisciplinary practice. Book now: https://bit.ly/3ysIq1S
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