The World of Tim Burton - Design Museum
WEBPre-order the official catalogue for 'The World of Tim Burton' exhibition. The publication explores the relationship between Burtons' artistic creations and the world of design, featuring insightful essays by design experts and film critics. Delivery from 31 October. Click and collect available from 25 October. Pre-order the book.
Home - Design Museum
WEBDesign Museum Shop. Our high street shop is located at at Kensington High Street 224–238. Inside the museum, our main shop is located in the atrium, Ground floor. There's also an exhibition shop inside Gallery 1, Ground floor. For further information, please visit the shop website, where you can also find a carefully curated range of gifts ...
Barbie®: The Exhibition - Design Museum
WEB5 July 2024 — 23 February 2025. A major exhibition exploring the design evolution of one of the world’s most famous dolls: Barbie®. Journey into the Barbie universe and discover over 250 remarkable objects, with rare, unique and innovative dolls dating from 1959 to the present day. Please note, Barbie: The Exhibition is very popular.
Dieter Rams - Design Museum
WEBAs head of design at Braun, the German consumer electronics manufacturer, Dieter Rams (1932-) emerged as one of the most influential industrial designers of the late 20th century by defining an elegant, legible, yet rigorous visual language for its products. **Formative Years** Dieter Rams was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1932. As a teenager he loved to watch his grandfather who worked as a ...
Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Design Museum
WEBFeb 16, 2016 — Combining a progressive modernity with the spirit of romanticism, the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) created many of the best loved and most influential buildings, furniture and decorative schemes of the early 20th century. Few designers can claim to have created a …
Exhibitions - Design Museum
WEBA major exhibition exploring the design evolution of one of the world’s most famous dolls: Barbie®. Journey into the Barbie universe to discover rare, unique and innovative dolls dating from 1959 to the present day. Barbie: Book …
What is "Good" Design? A quick look at Dieter Rams' Ten Principles.
WEBHowever Rams attempted to express what he believed to be the most important principles for design. Here is a brief overview: Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design makes a product understandable. Good design is unobtrusive. Good design is honest. Good design is long-lasting.
Arts and Crafts Movement - Design Museum
WEBProfile. The Arts and Crafts Movement (ACM) aimed to promote a return to hand-craftsmanship and to assert the creative independence of individual craftspeople. It was a reaction against the industrialised society that had boomed in Britain in the Victorian period, and aimed for social as well as artistic reform.
Ettore Sottsass - Design Museum
WEBDec 11, 2015 — For example: the 2006 exhibition ‘Ettore Sottsass’ organised by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which was the first major retrospective on Sottsass’ work in the USA, and the ‘Ettore Sottsass – Work in Progress' exhibition displayed at the Design Museum in 2007. Ettore Sottsass Jr. died at age 90, on the last day of 2007.
What's on - Design Museum
WEBOpen from 10:00am, the museum is located at 224–238 Kensington High Street, London W8 6AG. Visit information. The Design Museum has a whole host of activities and events across the year to enhance your visit including talks, events, courses and workshops.