the Design Museum

🏡 NOW OPEN 🏡 Our new interactive installation, Changing Spaces: 60 Years of Design with Habitat, is now open. This free installation celebrates the 60th anniversary of one of Britain’s best-loved home and furniture brands with five interactive displays that chart how design influences and reflects the world around us. From colourful and textured statement pieces, to considered lighting and spaces designed for slow living, visitors will see iconic objects from the brand's new 60 years of design collection inspired by its heritage. You can also join us after hours on 18 July for the Habitat Lates Event, an evening filled with lively discussion and an opportunity to enjoy Habitat's installation with drinks, nibbles and items from their 60th anniversary collection gifted on exit. Find out more and plan your visit: https://lnkd.in/dE-qQ9ME #HabitatChangingSpaces

A peek inside the first issue of the Future Observatory Journal 🔭 In 'From the Portfolio', a group of objects emerging from Future Observatory's funding portfolio, which respond to the theme of bioregioning, are explored. These include a wet spinning machine, patacel yarn and more. Tap the link to read 'From the Portfolio' in full - https://bit.ly/45UjUmL #FutureObservatory #FOJournal

'A joyful celebration of fashion, play, design and girlhood' 💗 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ for #BarbieTheExhibition from Time Out London 👏 Open now - grab your tickets via our website. https://lnkd.in/dzeGU2gP

Aged 14-16 and curious about design? ✨ Join our Ardagh Young Creatives programme for young people who are currently underrepresented to create pathways into design. Meet creatives from all over the design industry, learn practical and digital skills, build your experience and meet other young people. Apply by 15 July 2024: https://lnkd.in/d7vgtSHz

💕 NOW OPEN 💕 One of the most eagerly anticipated exhibitions of the year, #BarbieTheExhibition, is now open. Barbie: The Exhibition tells the complex, compelling and celebratory story of one of the world’s most famous dolls through over 250 remarkable objects including dolls, Dreamhouses, vehicles, furniture and more. Catch it now until February 2025 – tickets: https://lnkd.in/gmE35P8e 📸 Jo Underhill

'Fun, glossy, nostalgic, escapist and just the thing for the summer holidays' 😍 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ for #BarbieTheExhibition from The Times 👏 Opens Friday 5 July - grab your tickets from our website.

Book now for a summer lates on Thursday 18 July 6.30pm-9pm with Habitat We’ll delve into the themes of ‘Changing Spaces’, a new interactive installation at the Design Museum, whilst exploring ‘The Art Home’ with a lively panel discussion. Tickets include complimentary drinks, nibbles and a giftbag. All ticket proceeds will be donated to the Design Museum. Book via the link, limited tickets available: https://bit.ly/3LcNuKF #HabitatChangingSpaces

A major highlight of Barbie®: The Exhibition - which opens next week - will be the very first public display of a unique doll that has been into space 🚀 The Barbie is a likeness of European Space Agency - ESA astronaut and Europe’s first female commander of the International Space Station, Samantha Cristoforetti. The doll spent six months orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station in 2022 as part of a landmark mission. The Cristoforetti doll has never been displayed since its return to Earth and its inclusion in our exhibition marks the latest chapter in Barbie’s association with space travel, which will be highlighted in the show. #BarbieTheExhibition opens on 5 July - head to our website to book your tickets.

One week until #BarbieTheExhibition opens... we can't wait 💕 Journey into the Barbie universe and discover over 250 remarkable objects, with rare, unique and innovative dolls dating from 1959 to the present day going on display. Tap the link to book your tickets (members go free!) - https://bit.ly/3P2RGPg 📸 Superstar Barbie, 1977 © Mattel, Inc

A peek inside the first issue of the Future Observatory Journal 🔭 In her case study, Curatorial Director of Future Observatory Cher Potter looks at a new campus for conservation agriculture in Rwanda, created by non-profit architectural firm MASS Design Group. The group believes in building processes that restore people’s relationships with their environments and they have developed a design approach – some even call it a ‘movement’ – known as Lo-Fab. Tap the link to read the case study in full - https://bit.ly/3zhaplj #FutureObservatory #FOJournal