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What's the future of your wardrobe? Design Museum announces new sustainable fashion display

A new display at the Design Museum will focus on sustainable fashion with an acquisition from Ahluwalia

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2024

We remember Kenneth Grange, the British industrial designer, who has died aged 95

Kenneth Grange was a colossus of post-war design. With a career spanning six decades, his mission for improvement touched everything from trains to fountain pens, taxis to toothbrushes

Wallpaper · Jul 23, 2024

Barbie at the Design Museum: playful exhibition reflects on a pop-culture icon

Can the last 65 years of mainstream western design tastes, consumer culture and women’s history be told through the story of an 11.5-inch plastic doll? Barbie: The Exhibition at the Design Museum in London attempts to do just that. By considering Barbie through a design lens, the show explores how…

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2024

Enzo Mari review – the anarchic Italian at war with design world ‘pornography’

Design Museum, LondonFrom his steel-bar fruit bowl to his troop of wooden animals, the combative creator railed against ‘the rampant consumption of luxury furniture’ – despite his own hefty price tags

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

Good news of the week: Olly Alexander's Eurovision entry and Barbie at the Design Museum

The good news of the week, from the UK’s Eurovision entry to a new Barbie exhibition

Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2024

An icon turns 65: Barbie’s changing style showcased in London exhibition

As doll’s fame hits a new high, Design Museum will explore the impact her changing appearance has had

The Guardian - UK · Feb 29, 2024

Attua Aparicio wins Ralph Saltzman Prize 2024

The Design Museum, London, announces Attua Aparicio as winner of The Ralph Saltzman Prize for emerging designers, and will showcase her work from 1 February until 15 April 2024

Wallpaper · Jan 27, 2024

At HOTA, sneakers find their well-deserved place in art galleries at last

Sneakers were once traditionally associated with what fashion academic Naomi Braithwaite describes as “athleticism”: they were only considered in their relationship to sports.

The Conversation · Dec 4, 2023

Make your friends green with envy with the new colour du jour

Adele Cardani speaks to fashion designer turned interiors expert Matthew Williamson on why everyone should decorate their home with a splash of green

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023

Skateboard at the Design Museum celebrates 60 years of style, culture and cool

Skateboards are not complicated design objects. They consist of little more than a simple deck, usually made of wood, which forms the riding surface. The board is completed by a pair of trucks (pivoted metal turning devices) and four polyurethane wheels.

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2023