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The '''Design Museum''' in [[Kensington]], London exhibits product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. In 2018, the museum won the [[European Museum of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://europeanforum.museum/winners/emya-2018-winners/ |title=EMYA 2018: The Winners |publisher=European Museum Forum |access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref> The museum operates as a [[registered charity]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Charity Details for Design Museum|url=http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?subid=0&regid=800630|website=Charity Commission|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> and all funds generated by ticket sales aid the museum in curating new exhibitions.
The '''Design Museum''' in [[Kensington]], London, England, exhibits product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. In 2018, the museum won the [[European Museum of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://europeanforum.museum/winners/emya-2018-winners/ |title=EMYA 2018: The Winners |publisher=European Museum Forum |access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref> The museum operates as a [[registered charity]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Charity Details for Design Museum|url=http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?subid=0&regid=800630|website=Charity Commission|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> and all funds generated by ticket sales aid the museum in curating new exhibitions.


==History==
==History==
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The museum was founded in 1989 by [[Sir Terence Conran]], with [[Stephen Bayley]] as inaugural [[CEO]], after the two men had collaboratively created the highly successful exhibition space known as The Boilerhouse at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] (V&A).<ref name=tedx>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tedxliverpool.com/cth_speaker/stephen-bayley/|title=Stephen Bayley |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605232902/https://www.tedxliverpool.com/cth_speaker/stephen-bayley/|archive-date=5 June 2020 |website=TEDxLiverpool|access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref>

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The museum was founded in 1989 by [[Sir Terence Conran]], with [[Stephen Bayley]] was inaugural [[CEO]], after the two men had collaboratively created the highly successful exhibition space known as The Boilerhouse at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] (V&A).<ref name=tedx>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tedxliverpool.com/cth_speaker/stephen-bayley/|title=Stephen Bayley |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605232902/https://www.tedxliverpool.com/cth_speaker/stephen-bayley/|archive-date=5 June 2020 |website=TEDxLiverpool|access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref>


===Shad Thames site===
===Shad Thames site===
[[File:Design Museum.jpg|thumb|The old Shad Thames site of the Design Museum, in 2010]]
[[File:Design Museum.jpg|thumb|The old Shad Thames site of the Design Museum, in 2010]]
The museum was originally housed in a former 1940s banana warehouse on the south bank of the [[River Thames]] in the [[Shad Thames]] area in SE1 [[London]]. The conversion of this warehouse altered it beyond recognition, to resemble a building in the International [[Modernist]] style of the 1930s. This was funded by many companies, designers and benefactors. The museum was principally designed by the Conran group, with exhibitions over two floors, and a “Design Museum Tank” exhibition space out by the waterfront. A large scale sculpture titled Head of Invention by [[Sir Eduardo Paolozzi]] was installed in the area between the museum and the Thames.
The museum was originally housed in a former 1940s banana warehouse on the south bank of the [[River Thames]] in the [[Shad Thames]] area of London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2013/07/09/zaha-hadid-buys-londons-design-museum/ |title=Zaha Hadid buys London's Design Museum building |last=Frearson |first=Amy |date=9 July 2013 |website=dezeen.com |publisher=Dezeen |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> The conversion of this warehouse altered it beyond recognition, to resemble a building in the International [[Modernist]] style of the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/projects/design-museum/?cf-view |title=Design Museum, London, UK |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=7 December 2016 |website=worldconstructionnetwork.com |publisher=World Construction Network |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> This was funded by many companies, designers and benefactors. The museum was principally designed by the Conran group, with exhibitions over two floors, and a "Design Museum Tank" exhibition space out by the waterfront.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/design-museum-230616 |title=Going West: Highlights of 27 years of the Design Museum at Shad Thames |last=Green |first=Jamie |date=23 June 2016 |website=itsnicethat.com |publisher=It's Nice That |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> A large scale sculpture titled ''The Head of Invention'' by [[Sir Eduardo Paolozzi]] was installed in the area between the museum and the Thames.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-head-of-invention-302627 |title=The Head of Invention |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=artuk.org |publisher=Art UK |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>


===Kensington site===
===Kensington site===
[[File:Design Museum, former Commonwealth Institute (geograph 4880684).jpg|thumb|The Design Museum in Kensington]]
[[File:Design Museum, former Commonwealth Institute (geograph 4880684).jpg|thumb|The Design Museum in Kensington]]
In June 2011, Sir Terence Conran donated £17.5 million to enable the Museum to move in 2016 from the warehouse to a larger site which formerly housed the [[Commonwealth Institute]] in west London. This landmark from the 1960s, a Grade II* listed building, designed by [[Robert Matthew]]/[[RMJM|Sir Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners]] architects that had stood vacant for over a decade, was developed by a design team led by [[John Pawson]]. Fit-out of the Design Museum's new home was carried out by [[Willmott Dixon]] Interiors.
In June 2011, Sir Terence Conran donated £17.5&nbsp;million to enable the museum to move in 2016 from the warehouse to a larger site which formerly housed the [[Commonwealth Institute]] in west London.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=12 April 2012 |title=Conran's £17.5m donation to new Design Museum |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/conrans-ps17-5m-donation-to-new-design-museum-6416476.html |work=The Standard |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> This landmark from the 1960s, a Grade II* listed building, designed by [[Robert Matthew]]/[[RMJM|Sir Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners]] architects that had stood vacant for over a decade, was developed by a design team led by [[John Pawson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/17/design-museum-opens-architecture-news-john-pawson-oma-kensington-london-uk/ |title=London's new Design Museum by John Pawson and OMA unveiled |last=Mairs |first=Jessica |date=17 November 2016 |website=dezeen.com |publisher=Dezeen |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> Fit-out of the Design Museum's new home was carried out by [[Willmott Dixon]] Interiors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/project-week-lond6ons-desi5gn-muse9um-fit-out/ |title=Project of the week: London's Design Museum fit-out |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=22 November 2016 |website=constructionmanagement.co.uk |publisher=Construction Management |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>


The Design Museum opened in its Kensington location on 24 November 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dowd|first1=Vincent|title=Design Museum: A glossy new era and home|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38067532|access-date=24 November 2016|work=BBC News|date=24 November 2016}}</ref> The move gave the museum three times more space than in its previous location at Shad Thames, with the new [[Swarovski]] Foundation Centre for Learning, 202-seat Bakala Auditorium and a dedicated gallery to display its permanent collection, accessible free of charge. The new building was the subject of a profile on the [[Sky Arts]] programme ''[[The Art of Architecture]]'' in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Art of Architecture - S1 - Episode 8 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/jm2yj9/the-art-of-architecture--series-1-episode-8/ |website=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=26 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
The Design Museum opened in its Kensington location on 24 November 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dowd |first=Vincent |date=24 November 2016 |title=Design Museum: A glossy new era and home |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38067532 |work=BBC News |access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref> The move gave the museum three times more space than in its previous location at Shad Thames, with the new [[Swarovski]] Foundation Centre for Learning, 202-seat Bakala Auditorium and a dedicated gallery to display its permanent collection, accessible free of charge.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/museums/design-museum |title=Design Museum |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=sothebys.com |publisher=Sotheby's |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> The new building was the subject of a profile on the [[Sky Arts]] programme ''[[The Art of Architecture]]'' in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/jm2yj9/the-art-of-architecture--series-1-episode-8/ |title=The Art of Architecture – S1 – Episode 8 |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=radiotimes.com |publisher=Radio Times |access-date=26 February 2021 |language=en |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125173903/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/jm2yj9/the-art-of-architecture--series-1-episode-8/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


The move brought the museum into Kensington's cultural quarter, joining the [[Royal College of Art]], V&A, [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]], [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] and [[Serpentine Gallery]].
The move brought the museum into Kensington's cultural quarter, joining the [[Royal College of Art]], [[Victoria and Albert Museum|V&A]], [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]], [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] and [[Serpentine Gallery]].


[[Deyan Sudjic]] succeeded [[Alice Rawsthorn]] as director of the Design Museum in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/04/deyan-sudjic-alice-black-leave-design-museum/ |title=Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black to leave the Design Museum |last=Fairs |first=Marcus |date=4 October 2019 |website=dezeen.com |publisher=Dezeen |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> In 2016, Alice Black was appointed co-director.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/28-november-4-december-2016/design-museum-appoints-alice-black-co-director/ |title=Design Museum appoints Alice Black as co-director |last=McLaughlin |first=Aimée |date=2 December 2016 |website=designweek.co.uk |publisher=Design Week |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> In 2019, [[Tim Marlow]] was appointed as director and chief executive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2019/10/28/i-wont-be-bringing-in-a-load-of-artists-tim-marlow-on-leading-the-design-museum/ |title='I won't be bringing in a load of artists': Tim Marlow on leading the Design Museum |last=Roux |first=Caroline |date=28 October 2019 |website=theartnewspaper.com |publisher=The Art Newspaper |access-date=5 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
[[Deyan Sudjic]] succeeded [[Alice Rawsthorn]] as Director of the Design Museum in 2006. In 2016 Alice Black was appointed Co-Director. In 2019, [[Tim Marlow]] was appointed as Director and Chief Executive.{{cn|date=March 2021}}


==Galleries==
==Galleries==
[[File:Design Museum inside top floor.jpg|thumb|View across the top floor]]
[[File:Design Museum inside top floor.jpg|thumb|View across the top floor]]
The top-floor space under the museum roof houses a permanent display, Designer Maker User, with key objects from the museum's collection. A restaurant, members’ lounge, residency studio and an events and gallery space are also located on the top floor.
The top-floor space under the museum roof houses a permanent display, Designer Maker User, with key objects from the museum's collection.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moragmyerscough.com/commissions/design-museum |title=Designer Maker User |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=moragmyerscough.com |publisher=Morag Myerscough |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> A restaurant, members' lounge, residency studio and an events and gallery space are also located on the top floor.


On the first floor, a design and architecture reference library is a resource for students, educators, researchers and designers. It will also include archive material relating to the history of the museum. The Swarovski Foundation Centre for Learning is a suite of learning facilities including a Design Studio, Creative Workshop, two seminar rooms and a Common Room. The Design Museum offices and main reception, a meeting room and a film studio are also located on the first floor.
On the first floor, a design and architecture reference library is a resource for students, educators, researchers and designers. It also includes archive material relating to the history of the museum. The Swarovski Foundation Centre for Learning is a suite of learning facilities including a design studio, creative workshop, two seminar rooms and a common room. The Design Museum offices and main reception, a meeting room and a film studio are also located on the first floor.


On the ground floor, the largest gallery in the new Design Museum showcases a programme of temporary exhibitions. Accessible from both [[Kensington High Street]] and [[Holland Park]], the atrium acts as an events space. A main staircase from the atrium gives access to all floors and offers views to the first and second floors and the [[hyperbolic paraboloid]] roof.
On the ground floor, the largest gallery in the Design Museum showcases a programme of temporary exhibitions. Accessible from both [[Kensington High Street]] and [[Holland Park]], the atrium acts as an events space. A main staircase from the atrium gives access to all floors and offers views to the first and second floors and the [[hyperbolic paraboloid]] roof.


A double-height space spanning the two lower levels, Gallery Two hosts a programme of temporary exhibitions dedicated to architecture, fashion, furniture, product and graphic design. The Bakala Auditorium seats 202 people and provide a purpose-designed space for a programme of talks, seminars, debates and public and private events throughout the year. The basement accommodates a collections store, exhibition preparation spaces and a locker area for visitors.
A double-height space spanning the two lower levels, Gallery Two hosts a programme of temporary exhibitions dedicated to architecture, fashion, furniture, product and graphic design. The Bakala Auditorium seats 202 people and provide a purpose-designed space for a programme of talks, seminars, debates and public and private events throughout the year. The basement accommodates a collections store, exhibition preparation spaces and a locker area for visitors.
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The Design Museum has an award scheme which [[Brit Insurance]] sponsored from 2003 until 2011.
The Design Museum has an award scheme which [[Brit Insurance]] sponsored from 2003 until 2011.


===Designers of the Year===
===Designer of the Year===
*2003: [[Jony Ive]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/sir-jon-iive-creates-unique-apple-wares-for-design-museum-auction |title=Sold!: Sir Jony Ive creates unique Apple wares for Design Museum auction |last=Parsons |first=Elly |date=7 October 2022 |website=wallpaper.com |publisher=Wallpaper |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>

*2004: Daniel Brown<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/27-may-2004/brown-wins-designer-of-the-year/ |title=Brown wins Designer of the Year |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=27 May 2004 |website=designweek.co.uk |publisher=Design Week |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
*2003 Jony Ive
*2005: [[Hilary Cottam]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Jinman |first=Richard |date=10 June 2005 |title=Design award winner no shaper of 'things' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/jun/10/urbandesign.architecture |work=The Guardian |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
*2004 Daniel Brown
*2006: [[Jamie Hewlett]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=23 May 2006 |title=Gorillaz artist wins design award |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5008364.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>
*2005 Hilary Cottam
*2006 Jamie Hewlett
*2009 Duarte Ferreira

===Design of the Year===
===Design of the Year===
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Designs produced over the previous 12 months worldwide are eligible. A number of design experts are invited to nominate up to five projects each, falling into the seven categories of architecture, transport, graphics, interactive, product, furniture and fashion. Since 2015, there have been six categories: architecture, fashion, graphics, digital, product and transport. [[Beazley (company)|Beazley]] became exhibition sponsor in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/BEAZLEY-PLC-27491594/news/Beazley-enters-five-year-partnership-with-the-Design-Museum-22980345/ |title=Beazley: enters five year partnership with the Design Museum |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=31 August 2016 |website=marketscreener.com |publisher=Market Screener |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>

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Designs produced over the previous twelve months worldwide are eligible. A number of design experts are invited to nominate up to five projects each, falling into the seven categories of Architecture, Transport, Graphics, Interactive, Product, Furniture and Fashion. Since 2015 there have been six categories: architecture, fashion, graphics, digital, product and transport. Beazley Insurance became exhibition sponsor in 2016.


*2008 The '[[One Laptop Per Child]]' project, designed by [[Yves Béhar]] for Fuseproject<ref>{{cite news|last=Fairs|first=Marcus|title=Yves Béhar wins Design of the Year|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2008/03/19/yves-behar-wins-design-of-the-year/|access-date=31 August 2013|newspaper=Dezeen}}</ref>
*2008 The '[[One Laptop Per Child]]' project, designed by [[Yves Béhar]] for Fuseproject<ref>{{cite news|last=Fairs|first=Marcus|title=Yves Béhar wins Design of the Year|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2008/03/19/yves-behar-wins-design-of-the-year/|access-date=31 August 2013|newspaper=Dezeen}}</ref>
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*2014 The [[Heydar Aliyev Center]] in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by architect [[Zaha Hadid]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Zaha Hadid project in Baku wins Design of the Year|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28087139|access-date=6 July 2014|agency=BBC|publisher=BBC|date=6 July 2014}}</ref>
*2014 The [[Heydar Aliyev Center]] in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by architect [[Zaha Hadid]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Zaha Hadid project in Baku wins Design of the Year|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28087139|access-date=6 July 2014|agency=BBC|publisher=BBC|date=6 July 2014}}</ref>
*2015 [[Human-organs-on-Chips]] designed by [[Donald Ingber]] and [[Dan Dongeun Huh]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howarth |first1=Dan |title=Human Organs-on-Chips wins Design of the Year 2015 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2015/06/22/human-organs-on-chips-wins-design-museum-design-of-the-year-2015-wyss-institute-harvard-university/ |website=Dezeen |access-date=23 March 2021 |date=22 June 2015}}</ref>
*2015 [[Human-organs-on-Chips]] designed by [[Donald Ingber]] and [[Dan Dongeun Huh]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howarth |first1=Dan |title=Human Organs-on-Chips wins Design of the Year 2015 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2015/06/22/human-organs-on-chips-wins-design-museum-design-of-the-year-2015-wyss-institute-harvard-university/ |website=Dezeen |access-date=23 March 2021 |date=22 June 2015}}</ref>
*2020 Teeter-Totter Wall, designed by California-based architects Ronald Rael and Virigina San Fratello.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Leah Dolan|title=A seesaw for kids on the US-Mexico border wins Beazley Design of the Year|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/beazley-design-2020-winners/index.html|access-date=2021-01-19|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref>
*2020 Teeter-Totter Wall, designed by California-based architects [[Ronald Rael]] and [[Virginia San Fratello]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Leah Dolan|title=A seesaw for kids on the US-Mexico border wins Beazley Design of the Year|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/beazley-design-2020-winners/index.html|access-date=19 January 2021|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Design museum#List of design museums|List of design museums]]
*[[Design Council]] exhibition centre
*[[Design Council]] exhibition centre


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For similar institutions, see Design museum.
Design Museum
The Design Museum in Kensington
Design Museum is located in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Design Museum
Location within Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Established1989; 35 years ago (1989)
Location224–238 Kensington High Street, London, W8 6AG
England
Coordinates51°30′00″N 0°12′01″W / 51.4998973°N 0.200244°W / 51.4998973; -0.200244
DirectorTim Marlow
Public transit access
Websitedesignmuseum.org

The Design Museum in Kensington, London, England, exhibits product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. In 2018, the museum won the European Museum of the Year Award.[1] The museum operates as a registered charity,[2] and all funds generated by ticket sales aid the museum in curating new exhibitions.

History

[edit]

The museum was founded in 1989 by Sir Terence Conran, with Stephen Bayley as inaugural CEO, after the two men had collaboratively created the highly successful exhibition space known as The Boilerhouse at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A).[3]

Shad Thames site

[edit]
The old Shad Thames site of the Design Museum, in 2010

The museum was originally housed in a former 1940s banana warehouse on the south bank of the River Thames in the Shad Thames area of London.[4] The conversion of this warehouse altered it beyond recognition, to resemble a building in the International Modernist style of the 1930s.[5] This was funded by many companies, designers and benefactors. The museum was principally designed by the Conran group, with exhibitions over two floors, and a "Design Museum Tank" exhibition space out by the waterfront.[6] A large scale sculpture titled The Head of Invention by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi was installed in the area between the museum and the Thames.[7]

Kensington site

[edit]
The Design Museum in Kensington

In June 2011, Sir Terence Conran donated £17.5 million to enable the museum to move in 2016 from the warehouse to a larger site which formerly housed the Commonwealth Institute in west London.[8] This landmark from the 1960s, a Grade II* listed building, designed by Robert Matthew/Sir Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners architects that had stood vacant for over a decade, was developed by a design team led by John Pawson.[9] Fit-out of the Design Museum's new home was carried out by Willmott Dixon Interiors.[10]

The Design Museum opened in its Kensington location on 24 November 2016.[11] The move gave the museum three times more space than in its previous location at Shad Thames, with the new Swarovski Foundation Centre for Learning, 202-seat Bakala Auditorium and a dedicated gallery to display its permanent collection, accessible free of charge.[12] The new building was the subject of a profile on the Sky Arts programme The Art of Architecture in 2019.[13]

The move brought the museum into Kensington's cultural quarter, joining the Royal College of Art, V&A, Science Museum, Natural History Museum and Serpentine Gallery.

Deyan Sudjic succeeded Alice Rawsthorn as director of the Design Museum in 2006.[14] In 2016, Alice Black was appointed co-director.[15] In 2019, Tim Marlow was appointed as director and chief executive.[16]

Galleries

[edit]
View across the top floor

The top-floor space under the museum roof houses a permanent display, Designer Maker User, with key objects from the museum's collection.[17] A restaurant, members' lounge, residency studio and an events and gallery space are also located on the top floor.

On the first floor, a design and architecture reference library is a resource for students, educators, researchers and designers. It also includes archive material relating to the history of the museum. The Swarovski Foundation Centre for Learning is a suite of learning facilities including a design studio, creative workshop, two seminar rooms and a common room. The Design Museum offices and main reception, a meeting room and a film studio are also located on the first floor.

On the ground floor, the largest gallery in the Design Museum showcases a programme of temporary exhibitions. Accessible from both Kensington High Street and Holland Park, the atrium acts as an events space. A main staircase from the atrium gives access to all floors and offers views to the first and second floors and the hyperbolic paraboloid roof.

A double-height space spanning the two lower levels, Gallery Two hosts a programme of temporary exhibitions dedicated to architecture, fashion, furniture, product and graphic design. The Bakala Auditorium seats 202 people and provide a purpose-designed space for a programme of talks, seminars, debates and public and private events throughout the year. The basement accommodates a collections store, exhibition preparation spaces and a locker area for visitors.

Award schemes

[edit]

The Design Museum has an award scheme which Brit Insurance sponsored from 2003 until 2011.

Designer of the Year

[edit]

Design of the Year

[edit]

Designs produced over the previous 12 months worldwide are eligible. A number of design experts are invited to nominate up to five projects each, falling into the seven categories of architecture, transport, graphics, interactive, product, furniture and fashion. Since 2015, there have been six categories: architecture, fashion, graphics, digital, product and transport. Beazley became exhibition sponsor in 2016.[22]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "EMYA 2018: The Winners". European Museum Forum. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Charity Details for Design Museum". Charity Commission. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Stephen Bayley". TEDxLiverpool. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ^ Frearson, Amy (9 July 2013). "Zaha Hadid buys London's Design Museum building". dezeen.com. Dezeen. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Design Museum, London, UK". worldconstructionnetwork.com. World Construction Network. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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