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The world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form.

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Join us on 12 October for a British Sign Language Tour of Barbie: The Exhibition 🩷 This will be a tour of exhibition highlights, delivered in British Sign Language for d/Deaf visitors using BSL and their companions. Book now: bit.ly/4goxZxB

Join us on 12 October for a British Sign Language Tour of Barbie: The Exhibition 🩷
 
This will be a tour of exhibition highlights, delivered in British Sign Language for d/Deaf visitors using BSL and their companions.
 
Book now: bit.ly/4goxZxB
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#ArchitectureFriday | The futuristic Bierpinsel in Berlin is an iconic example of German Brutalism 💙 Originally designed to resemble a tree, the science fiction-like structure was constructed by architects Ursula and Ralph Schuler in 1976 - a time of architectural

#ArchitectureFriday | The futuristic Bierpinsel in Berlin is an iconic example of German Brutalism 💙
 
Originally designed to resemble a tree, the science fiction-like structure was constructed by architects Ursula and Ralph Schuler in 1976 - a time of architectural
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Join us on the weekend of 28 & 29 September for a tailoring masterclass 🧥 In this two-day course, you will learn how to create a professional paper pattern template for a fully lined tailored jacket. Book now: bit.ly/3MMmjY2

Join us on the weekend of 28 & 29 September for a tailoring masterclass 🧥
 
In this two-day course, you will learn how to create a professional paper pattern template for a fully lined tailored jacket.
 
Book now: bit.ly/3MMmjY2
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📣 2025 announcement 📣 Next year is set to be an excitingly eclectic year at the Design Museum - check out our full exhibition programme for 2025… 👇 🏊‍♀️ Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style (28 March 2025 - 17 August 2025) A major show exploring our century-long love

📣 2025 announcement 📣

Next year is set to be an excitingly eclectic year at the Design Museum - check out our full exhibition programme for 2025… 👇

🏊‍♀️ Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style (28 March 2025 - 17 August 2025)

A major show exploring our century-long love
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Join us on 6 October for a cyanotype photography workshop 🍃 Immerse yourself in the magic of the cyanotype process to create amazing designs on paper and fabric using leaves and flowers. Last chance to book now: bit.ly/4epDcDG

Join us on 6 October for a cyanotype photography workshop 🍃
 
Immerse yourself in the magic of the cyanotype process to create amazing designs on paper and fabric using leaves and flowers.
 
Last chance to book now: bit.ly/4epDcDG
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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

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
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It's officially October which can only mean one thing... Spooky SZN is here 👻 With our #TheWorldOfTimBurton exhibition just a few weeks away, we're fully ready to embrace all things spooky. Have you got your tickets yet? Head to the link to grab them now (members go free!):

It's officially October which can only mean one thing... Spooky SZN is here 👻

With our #TheWorldOfTimBurton exhibition just a few weeks away, we're fully ready to embrace all things spooky.

Have you got your tickets yet? Head to the link to grab them now (members go free!):
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Looking to keep your kids entertained this October half term? 🎨 Our Design Camps are fun in-person workshops for children aged 8 – 11 and 11 – 14, with activities which include digital character design, stop motion animation, architecture and more. Explore all the Design

Looking to keep your kids entertained this October half term? 🎨
 
Our Design Camps are fun in-person workshops for children aged 8 – 11 and 11 – 14, with activities which include digital character design, stop motion animation, architecture and more.
 
Explore all the Design
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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

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
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#DesignOfTheWeek | The ‘House of Cards’ by Charles Eames sparked architectural creativity for all ages 🃏 Created in 1952, House of Cards was a unique toy designed to inspire, consisting of cards with six slits around the edges. This allowed them to be easily connected and

#DesignOfTheWeek | The ‘House of Cards’ by Charles Eames sparked architectural creativity for all ages 🃏
 
Created in 1952, House of Cards was a unique toy designed to inspire, consisting of cards with six slits around the edges. This allowed them to be easily connected and
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A look at a few of the Ken dolls you can find on display as part of #BarbieTheExhibition 💚​ ​ The character of Ken has undergone as profound an evolution as Barbie herself.​ ​ Originally presented as her 'boyfriend', today the relationship between Ken and Barbie is deliberately

A look at a few of the Ken dolls you can find on display as part of #BarbieTheExhibition 💚​
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The character of Ken has undergone as profound an evolution as <a href="/Barbie/">Barbie</a> herself.​
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Originally presented as her 'boyfriend', today the relationship between Ken and Barbie is deliberately
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One week to go until #TheWorldOfTimBurton opens at the Design Museum ⏳ Delve into the fantastical world of the famous director in this major exhibition which will explore his remarkable artworks and key collaborations with designers. Tap the link to book your tickets (members

One week to go until #TheWorldOfTimBurton opens at the Design Museum ⏳

Delve into the fantastical world of the famous director in this major exhibition which will explore his remarkable artworks and key collaborations with designers.

Tap the link to book your tickets (members
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Celebrating one of the 20th century’s most significant designers, Enzo Mari, who died #onthisday in 2020. As an artist, teacher and theorist, Mari had an uncompromising belief in the social responsibility of design that still resonates today. Many of his projects were

Celebrating one of the 20th century’s most significant designers, Enzo Mari, who died #onthisday in 2020.
 
As an artist, teacher and theorist, Mari had an uncompromising belief in the social responsibility of design that still resonates today.
 
Many of his projects were
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#DesignOfTheWeek | The very first Barbie doll from 1959 🖤​ ​ This doll was marketed as a 'Teen Age Fashion Model'. Her groomed appearance and glamorous accessories gave her an air of maturity, akin to prominent 1950s models such as Dovima and Dorian Leigh.​ ​ Nevertheless, her

#DesignOfTheWeek | The very first <a href="/Barbie/">Barbie</a> doll from 1959 🖤​
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This doll was marketed as a 'Teen Age Fashion Model'. Her groomed appearance and glamorous accessories gave her an air of maturity, akin to prominent 1950s models such as Dovima and Dorian Leigh.​
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Nevertheless, her
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Join us on 9 & 10 November for the Drawing Gym ✏️ In this two-day adult course, learn about sketching, and explore diagramming, visual storytelling, and mapping techniques. Book now: bit.ly/3tzC5yS

Join us on 9 &amp; 10 November for the Drawing Gym ✏️
 
In this two-day adult course, learn about sketching, and explore diagramming, visual storytelling, and mapping techniques.
 
Book now: bit.ly/3tzC5yS
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Happy Halloween from all of us at the Design Museum 🎃 Pictured is a 9-year-old Tim Burton wearing a skeleton costume his mother made him for Halloween in 1967. It was this costume that would later inspire the character, Jack Skellington, from the stop-motion animated 1993

Happy Halloween from all of us at the Design Museum 🎃

Pictured is a 9-year-old Tim Burton wearing a skeleton costume his mother made him for Halloween in 1967.

It was this costume that would later inspire the character, Jack Skellington, from the stop-motion animated 1993
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Delve into the fantastical world of Tim Burton at the @designmuseum✨ While most well-known for his cinematic work, this exhibition will display the full extent of his production as an illustrator, painter, photographer and author. #LetsDoLondon #VisitLondon

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Join us on 19 November for a special evening with Oscar nominees Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer 💞 Sarah and Katie worked together on the much-celebrated set design for the Barbie film. They will be in conversation with #BarbieTheExhibition curator Danielle Thom. Book now:

Join us on 19 November for a special evening with Oscar nominees Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer 💞
 
Sarah and Katie worked together on the much-celebrated set design for the Barbie film. They will be in conversation with #BarbieTheExhibition curator Danielle Thom.
 
Book now:
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Alexandra Road Estate is an iconic brutalist landmark within London’s urban landscape 🩶 Completed in 1978, it features 4-story high terraced buildings with a continuous public walkway that serves both rows of homes. The architect behind the estate, Neave Brown, broke away from

Alexandra Road Estate is an iconic brutalist landmark within London’s urban landscape 🩶

Completed in 1978, it features 4-story high terraced buildings with a continuous public walkway that serves both rows of homes.

The architect behind the estate, Neave Brown, broke away from
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Join us on 7 December for a 3D printing workshop 💍 In this full-day workshop, learn how to use the free 3D computer-aided design software Blender to model a signet ring from scratch. Book now: bit.ly/3BUIybS

Join us on 7 December for a 3D printing workshop 💍
 
In this full-day workshop, learn how to use the free 3D computer-aided design software Blender to model a signet ring from scratch.
 
Book now: bit.ly/3BUIybS