the Design Museum

We're thinking of founder of the Design Museum Sir Terence Conran, on what would've been his 93rd birthday. Since the 1950s, Conran worked as a retailer, an entrepreneur and a restaurateur. He ran businesses, wrote books and worked with architects and property developers. But he always described himself as a designer, first and foremost. Conran reshaped design in Britain, his ideas revolutionising everyday life. His definition of design was not determined by luxury or exclusivity, but rather by the premise that form and function could come together in a timeless way to improve the quality of life. Through his educational charity the Conran Foundation, he founded the Design Museum in 1989, which he later described as one of his proudest moments. 📸 Terence Conran in 2011 at the opening of the exhibition 'Terence Conran: The Way We Live Now' at the Design Museum

In the first issue of the Future Observatory Journal, the coastal waste brick is explored 🧱 In the past, bricks and building materials spoke volumes about the bioregions they came from. For example, in London, the often yellow-tinted bricks get their distinct colour from chalk in the clay. A Design Exchange Partnership research team are looking to revitalise this practice, albeit with a new perspective. Find out more in 'From the Portfolio' - tap the link in to read: https://bit.ly/47ae69r #FutureObservatory #FOJournal

Four weeks to go until #TheWorldOfTimBurton opens at the Design Museum 🎺🎶 Tim Burton is the creative force behind some of the most celebrated films of the last four decades, internationally recognised as a master of the darkly comic and the endearingly misfit. Catch the exhibition from 25 October - tap the link to book your tickets (members go free!): https://bit.ly/3zJCMsq

This exciting discussion between Mary Portas and Josephine Chanter is taking place soon ⬇️ Grab your tickets: https://lnkd.in/d-TSy_gS

Inside the first issue of the Future Observatory Journal 🔭 In 'Islands of Coherence', Director of #FutureObservatory Justin McGuirk asks a roundtable of experts: what systemic shifts would be required to unlock the radical potential of bioregional design? Their conversation is distilled into a strategic overview - tap the link to read it in full: https://bit.ly/4gya1Qi #FOJournal

One of our 2025 exhibitions is set to examine London's iconic Blitz club - the 1980s haunt of the likes of Boy George and David Bowie 🎶 Find out more via BBC News 👇

Lovers of neat symmetry, loud primary colours and twee outfits, we’ve got exceptionally exciting news... 😍 Read more via Time Out London 👇

We hope our excitingly eclectic exhibition programme for next year will inspire every visitor ✨ Here’s what is coming up at the Design Museum in 2025… 👇 🏊♀️ Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style (28 March 2025 - 17 August 2025) A major show exploring our century-long love affair with swimming, looking at design’s influence on everything from swimwear to art deco architecture. Guest-curated by dress and design historian and broadcaster, Amber Butchart. 🌎 More Than Human (6 June - 5 October 2025) A groundbreaking exhibition bringing together art, science and radical thinking to ask how design can help our planet thrive by shifting its focus beyond human needs. Created in collaboration with #FutureObservatory, the museum’s national research programme for the green transition. 🪩 Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s (19 September 2025 - 29 March 2026) Forty years after its closure, visitors can return to London’s trailblazing Blitz club, where the 1980s began and where the careers of the decade’s biggest music stars were made. The exhibition will be a sensory extravaganza of music, flamboyant fashions and pioneering art, film and graphic design. 🎬 Wes Anderson: The Exhibition (21 November 2025 - 4 May 2026) The unique cinematic vision of Wes Anderson will be examined in a first-of-its kind exhibition, showcasing how the celebrated American filmmaker’s dedication to detail has created some of the most visually and emotionally compelling films of recent times. The exhibition will be made in collaboration Anderson, as well as with La Cinémathèque française and AMERICAN EMPIRICAL PICTURES, INC. Tap the link below to find out more about these exhibitions, as well as all the exciting free displays we have planned, including a showcase of the work of Bethan Laura WOOD, and plenty more. https://lnkd.in/dzy8RpkU

The London Design Festival is underway and we're pleased to shine a light on one of the landmark projects: Pavilions of Wonder by Nina Tolstrup of STUDIOMAMA 🩷 ‘Pavilions of Wonder’ is three captivating, interactive pavilions that fuses the vibrant essence of the Barbie DreamHouse with Greater Palm Springs' iconic mid-century modernism, showcasing how the iconic architecture of Barbie DreamHouses™ have been inspired by the architecture of Greater Palm Springs and midcentury modernist style. Catch this free installation on the Strand Aldwych until 22 September, and come check out #BarbieTheExhibition at the Design Museum until February 2025 to learn more about the story of Barbie through a design lens. #LDF24

Join our 2024–2025 #DesignVentura challenge 💥 This free, design challenge in partnership with Deutsche Bank challenges students in years 9, 10 and 11 to design a new product for the Design Museum shop. Design Ventura is a fantastic opportunity for students to develop design thinking, creative and business capabilities and employability skills. The award-winning sustainable packaging solutions company Notpla are the brief-setters for the 2024-25 programme. Tap the link to find out more and register your school - https://bit.ly/3XHIEfC