For details of how to arrange self-guided visits and to make a booking enquiry visit our Group Visits page.

For student or teacher research, visit our essential online archives on design and designers at Design Library and online exhibitions.

DESIGN FACTORY
Design Museum Student Project 08/09

Design Factory is the Design Museum’s exciting new project for HE design students, spanning Fashion/Textiles, Product Design, Graphic Design/Illustration and Architecture. It is our aim that tutors will build Design Factory into their core curriculum, fostering life-long, sustainable links and relationships between the Design Museum, Universities and the design communities of the future.

Part 1 (autumn 08)
Colleges who register for participation will incorporate the Part 1 Research Brief into their curricula for the autumn term, along with a Design Factory Research Visit to the Design Museum during 27 Oct 08 – 31 Jan 09. The Part 1 Research Brief is a multidisciplinary research brief which uses visits to Design Museum exhibitions as primary sources of inspiration. Exhibitions include ‘Design Cities’ and ‘Alan Aldridge -The Man with the Kaleidoscopic Eye’. Please download the Research brief PDF document from this page.

Part 2 (autumn 08)
Colleges will incorporate the Part 2 Design Briefs into their curricula for the autumn term. Each Part 2 Design Brief which will use research from Part 1 and the urban theme of the ‘design city’ as primary sources of inspiration. The Part 2 design briefs will be available online at www.designmuseum/education from 1st Oct 08

Part 3 (spring 09)
The Design Museum will host Design Factory Judging Days during February/March 09 to which students will be invited to submit project work. Students will drop off or send their work to the Design Museum as flat artwork only eg drawings, printouts or storyboards. Design Factory Judging Day Submission Forms will be available online and must be completed and attached securely to student work prior to submission. Student work will be reviewed by the Design Museum and Brit Insurance Designs of the Year nominees. Written feedback notes will be provided for each piece of work submitted and a selection of the best projects from each design discipline will be made.

Part 4 (summer 09)
Selected students will be invited to attend a Design Factory Practitioner Symposium in May 2009 and their work will be showcased on the Design Museum website. The symposium will include a paper brief for students and contributions from ‘Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2009’ exhibition nominees.

Project participation fee is £10 per student and includes a special Design Factory Design Museum double entry ticket:
• Ticket 1 for Design Factory Research Visit (valid 27 Oct 08 – 31 Jan 09)
• Ticket 2 for Design Factory Judging Day / Visit (valid Feb/Mar 09)

The registration deadline for Design Factory is 17 October 08.

DESIGN OVERTIME
Every museum has its late night, but not every late night lets you take part quite as much as Design Overtime.

So whether you choose to chat with your friends over a drink, listen to some music, contemplate a show in solitude, or get involved in a workshop, each Design Overtime is unique and only £5 in advance.

The Design Museum also runs an acclaimed Talks + Courses programme, suitable for students and teachers.