The Design Museum
The Design Museum is the world's leading museum of 20th and 21st-century design, architecture and fashion.
Website designmuseum.org
Category Design Museums
Phone +44 (0)20 3862 5900
224-238 Kensington High Street
London
W8 6AG
United Kingdom
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Waste Age: What Can Design Do?
Opening at the Design Museum on October 23, Waste Age will explore how new design ideas are redefining the things we use every day. From fashion to food, electronics to construction, even packaging itself - transforming our trash into treasure could provide our path out of the Waste Age.
Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street Exhibition at Design Museum
Opening on April 30 at the Design Museum, 'Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street' is a major exhibition exploring one of the most universal design objects, bought and worn by millions of people worldwide every day.
Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers Virtual Tour
The Design Museum has announced an online curated tour of sell-out exhibition 'Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers.' The virtual tour will allow viewers to experience the exhibition from home.
Design Museum Launches 11th Edition of Design Ventura Challenge
The Design Museum, in partnership with Deutsche Bank, has launched the 11th edition of Design Ventura - a national design & enterprise challenge for secondary schools.
'Anatomy of an AI System' by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler Wins 2019 Beazley Design of the Year
'Anatomy of an AI System,' an infographic map and research project by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler, has been named the overall winner of the 2019 Beazley Design of the Year.
Design Museum Announces 2019 Beazley Designs of the Year Nominees
The Design Museum has unveiled the 76 nominees for the 2019 Beazley Designs of the Year. Nominees include a meme-inspired dress collection by Viktor & Rolf, a data generated proxy address system created to reduce homelessness, the world's first hands-free breast pump, Adidas's collaboration with designer…
Moving to Mars at Design Museum
The Design Museum has announced a new exhibition, 'Moving to Mars,' that will explore how sending humans to Mars is not just a new frontier for science but also for design.
Beazley Designs of the Year 2019: Public Nominations Now Open
To mark its 30th anniversary, the Design Museum is asking public to help with the Beazley Designs of the Year selection process by nominating their favorite designs from the past twelve months.
'Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition' at Design Museum
The Design Museum has announced a new exhibition that celebrates the work of Stanley Kubrick, one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. Marking the 20th anniversary of Kubrick's death, the exhibition explores his unique command of the whole creative design process of film making, from storyteller…
David Adjaye: Making Memory
Making Memory, on view at the Design Museum through May 5, explores the role of monuments and memorials in the 21st century, through seven projects by celebrated British-Ghanaian architect, Sir David Adjaye OBE. The exhibition features projects such as the Smithsonian National Museum of African American…
The Design Museum Launches New Design in Britain Campaign
The Design Museum has launched a new campaign, 'Design in Britain,' to show that design matters politically, economically and publicly. The campaign aims to connect new technologies with world-leading products and services.
Design Museum Announces Beazley Designs of the Year Nominations
The Design Museum has revealed the 87 nominees for the eleventh Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition and awards.
Design Museum to Present Home Futures in Partnership with IKEA
On view at the Design Museum from November 7, 'Home Futures' exhibition will explore the radical domestic visions of the 20th century and compare them with the latest innovations in domestic living to question whether yesterday's fantasies have become today's reality.
Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier
On view at the Design Museum from May 10 to October 7, Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier explores the late designer's unique creative talent and the timeless beauty of his work.
The Design Museum Acquires Rainbow Flag and Space Cup
The Design Museum has acquired the rainbow flag, David Bowie's Blackstar album, a coffee cup for astronauts and Oculus Rift's virtual reality headset for its permanent collection.
Breathing Colour by Hella Jongerius
Breathing Colour by Hella Jongerius, on view at the Design Museum from June 28 to September 24, is an installation-based exhibition that takes a deeper look at how colour behaves.
Refugee Shelter Named Best Design of 2016 by Design Museum
Better Shelter has been named the Beazley Design of the Year by Design Museum for its outstanding contribution towards the global issue of population displacement.
California at Design Museum
The Design Museum's new exhibition 'California' will bring together political posters, personal computers and self-driving cars to reveal how this culture of design and technology has made us all Californians. The exhibition will also look beyond hardware to explore how user interface designers in the…
Mayor of London Nominates London Underground Logo Into the Design Museum Collection
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has today nominated the Roundel into the Design Museum permanent collection display.
In the Making at Design Museum
In the Making, on view at the Design Museum from January 22 to May 4, 2014, captures over twenty objects mid-manufacture, putting the aesthetic of the unfinished centre stage.
Design Museum: 4 in 10 Britons Think the Internet is a Threat to Knowledge
As part of its new exhibition, The Future is Here: A New Industrial Revolution, the Design Museum has carried out a survey on the future of manufacturing.
Pioneering 3D Fashion Designs Displayed at Design Museum
Project DNA, the three-dimensional accessories collection from London based designer, Catherine Wales, will be part of the Design Museum's The Future is Here: A New Industrial Revolution exhibition.
Design Museum Sells Shad Thames Site to Zaha Hadid
The Design Museum has sold its current home at Shad Thames to Zaha Hadid Architects.
Child ViSion Wins Visitor Vote for Designs of the Year 2013
Child ViSion Glasses, a revolutionary fluid-filled lens that allows children to self-adjust their glasses, have won the inaugural Visitor Vote for the Design Museum's Designs of the Year 2013.
The Future is Here: A New Industrial Revolution
The Future is Here: A New Industrial Revolution, a major new exhibition at the Design Museum, will explore the sweeping changes in manufacturing that are transforming our world.
Design Museum Asks: Should Home 3D Printing Be Regulated?
Design Museum has commissioned a live vote machine to celebrate an upcoming exhibition about the future.
Designs of the Year 2013 Shortlist
The Design Museum has today unveiled the shortlist for the sixth annual Designs of the Year.
Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things
The Design Museum will open its permanent collection on January 30, 2013, revealing intriguing insights in the most exceptional of everyday objects.
Design Museum Launches New Online Game: Badoiiing!
The Design Museum has launched a new online game that allows you to flip an Alessi kettle, Nissan van or Frank Gehry chair into a three-sided goal.
iPhone and Coffee Pot Buried in Foundations of New Design Museum
On the eve of the London Design Festival, Founder of the Design Museum Sir Terence Conran, Director Deyan Sudjic OBE and Chairman of the Trustees Luqman Arnold, joined by leading architects and designers, attended a ceremony today to celebrate the ground breaking of the new Design Museum at the former…
Design Museum Buries Time Capsule to Mark Start of Relocation to Kensington
To mark the ground breaking of the new Design Museum at the former Commonwealth Institute, a time capsule will be buried in the foundations of the new building.
Christian Louboutin Exhibition Breaks Design Museum Visitor Records
The Christian Louboutin exhibition, which opened at the Design Museum on May 1, has broken all previous visitor figure records with an average daily attendance of 910 visitors. To date the exhibition has attracted over 38,000 visitors.
Household Designs the Christian Louboutin Retrospective Exhibition for the Design Museum
The first UK exhibition of iconic French shoe designer, Christian Louboutin, showcasing at the Design Museum until July 9, has been designed by London based customer experience design company, Household.
Digital Crystal: Swarovski at the Design Museum
The Design Museum and Swarovski are collaborating with a new generation of designers, challenging them to examine the future of memory in the digital age.
Design Museum Collection App for iPad
The Design Museum released its first iPad Collection App featuring 59 objects from the museum's collection.
The 2012 Designs of the Year
The Design Museum announced the longlist for the fifth annual Designs of the Year Awards. Showcasing a year in design, the 2012 longlist is a celebration of the best in global designs.
Design Museum Adds M1 Motorway Sign, AK-47 Rifle and Sony Walkman to Its Collection
The Design Museum has added 13 classics to its collection. They include a Sony Walkman, a Kalashnikov AK-47 rifle and an example of the motorway signage system, whose standardised typeface, designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert in 1960, has not changed to this day.
Interpretations of Africa: Football, Art and Design
Organized by Design Museum and PUMA.Creative, Interpretations of Africa: Football, Art and Design is an exhibition celebrating PUMA's new football kit designs for the ten PUMA partnered African National football teams.
The Second Annual PUMA Safe Sustainable Design Lecture with Alejandro Aravena
The Design Museum and PUMA, through its PUMA.Safe programme, announced the second Annual PUMA.Safe Sustainable Design Lecture at the Design Museum London.
Crouwelclock: Design Museum App
The Design Museum has launched its first App to celebrate current exhibition Wim Crouwel: A graphic odyssey.
April Font Night at the Design Museum
Letterforms are no practical joking matter, but they can be fun. With a first chance to see Wim Crouwel: A graphic odyssey, be inspired to graphically design your way around the Design Museum.
2011 Brit Insurance Design Awards Category Winners
The category winners for the 2011 Brit Insurance Design Awards were announced today.
2011 Brit Insurance Design Awards Shortlist
Showcasing a year in design, the fourth annual Brit Insurance Design Awards features an international shortlist ranging from Yves Behar's Swarovski Chandeliers to concrete Emergency Shelters designed in Wales.
Stephen Bayley to Chair the Brit Insurance Design Awards in 2011
Prominent design commentator and one of the founders of the Design Museum, Stephen Bayley, has been announced as Chair of Jury for the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2011.
Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey
The Design Museum celebrates the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in this his first UK retrospective.
Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011
Brit Insurance Designs of the Year has established itself as a leading showcase of the most innovative and forward thinking designs from around the world, supporting the critically acclaimed Brit Insurance Design Awards.
Celebrating 40 Years of the Lancia Stratos
Recognised for its futuristic design and radical styling, the Lancia Stratos is one of the world's most successful rally cars, winning three consecutive World Rally Championships from 1974 to 1976.
2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards Shortlist
The third annual Brit Insurance Design Awards has produced another eclectic and progressive range of nominees; from beautiful Hutong Bubbles in Beijing to the BBC iPlayer, the 2010 shortlist reflects the comprehensive and international scope of the awards.
Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2010
Brit Insurance Designs of the Year has established itself as a leading showcase of the most innovative and forward thinking designs from around the world, supporting the critically acclaimed Brit Insurance Design Awards.
Design Museum and Conran Octopus Present New Series of Design Books
Everything around us in designed and the word "design" has become part of our everyday experience.
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The Design Museum Launches Bauhaus Road Crossing for London Design Festival
Pentagram partner Sascha Lobe has created a new London Design Festival installation, a Bauhaus road crossing titled 'Bauhaus Rewritten.' Commissioned by The Design Museum, the installation celebrates the women of Bauhaus.
Design Museum Named Counter Investigations by Forensic Architecture Best Design of 2018
Counter Investigations, an exhibition of work by Forensic Architecture, has been named the 2018 Beazley Design of the Year by the Design Museum.
Made Thought Designs Plastic Free Aisle Installation for Design Museum
Made Thought, in conjunction with environmental campaign group A Plastic Planet, has developed an installation recreating the world's first Plastic Free Aisle that was introduced in an Amsterdam branch of Dutch supermarket chain Ekoplaza in February this year.
CAKE Kalk Nominated for 2018 Beazley Designs of the Year Award
CAKE has received a nomination from the Design Museum's Beazley Designs of the Year Awards for its all-electric high-performance off-road motorcycle in the Transport category.
Winners of 2014 London Design Medal
Brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec were announced as the winners of this year's prestigious Panerai London Design Medal.
Christian Louboutin Retrospective at Design Exchange
This summer, the Design Exchange, will host iconic French luxury designer Christian Louboutin and his retrospective exhibition.
Design Invention: Where Art and Science Collide
The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) will host its 2013 conference at RIBA HQ on June 27, 2013.
Bill Moggridge Passes Away at 69
Bill Moggridge, director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum since 2010, died Sept. 8, following a battle with cancer. He was 69 years old.
BIID Wraps Up Successful Conference
The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) has enjoyed a successful debut for its inaugural one-day conference, "Celebrating British Design" which took place recently at RIBA HQ, London.
Winners of the 2012 National Design Awards
Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge announced the winners of the 2012 National Design Awards, which recognize excellence across a variety of disciplines.
Barber Osgerby Wins Design of the Year Award for the London 2012 Olympic Torch
British design studio Barber Osgerby have won the Design of the Year 2012 for their stunning design of the London 2012 Olympic Torch. The overall winner was chosen from 89 entries to claim the winning title.
Design Museum Shop Identity by Spin
Spin has created a new identity for the stationery and packaging of The Design Museum shop.
Royal Designers for Industry 2011
Six of the UK's best designers are to be recognised for their outstanding contribution to design and society by becoming Royal Designers for Industry (RDI) at an award ceremony held at the RSA on November 17.
TYPO London 2011: Places
This autumn London will host a spectacular new annual design conference. From October 20 to 22 TYPO London will bring together the creme de la creme of international design for an inspirational event that transcends the restraints of a typical trade conference.
The Plumen 001 Wins the 2011 Brit Insurance Design of the Year
British designer Samuel Wilkinson and product design company Hulger, have won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year 2011 for their stunning redesign of the low energy light bulb.
Wallpaper at The Design Museum's 2011 Brit Insurance Design Awards
Wallpaper* has been shortlisted in the Best Interactive Design category for a Design Museum 2011 Brit Insurance Design Award.
Design in Britain: Big Ideas, Small Island
What constitutes Britishness in British design? Luxury 'British' car brand, Bentley is German owned and its head of exterior styling is Brazilian.