Coming soon Future programme

Future exhibitions and displays

The museum explores the past, present and future of design through a programme of temporary exhibitions and displays.

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Discover what's coming up in 2025:

PLATFORM: Bethan Laura Wood

Free to visit, the first of our new PLATFORM display will present the fascinating work of Bethan Laura Wood.

Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style

Explore a new exhibition celebrating our century-long love affair with swimming and the influence of design on everything from swimwear to art deco architecture.

More Than Human

A major exhibition bringing together art, science and radical thinking to ask how design can help our planet thrive by shifting its focus beyond human needs.

Design Researchers in Residence: Artificial

A programme for emerging design researchers hosted at the Design Museum, coordinated by Future Observatory in partnership with the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Design Ventura 24–25

A free, annual design challenge for students in years 9, 10 and 11, run by the Design Museum and supported by Deutsche Bank. Registrations are open for schools to enter the competition. From June, visit the display to discover the top ten shortlisted projects alongside the winner idea.

The Ralph Saltzman Prize 2025

Returning to the Design Museum for its fourth year, The Ralph Saltzman Prize celebrates emerging product designers, in recognition of Ralph Saltzman’s design legacy. From June, visit to discover the winner of the 2025 prize.

Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s

Delve into the music, fashion, and design stories that shaped Blitz – the club, the people, and the movement that transformed 1980s London style.

Wes Anderson: The Exhibition

The first retrospective exhibition of the work of film director Wes Anderson will follow the evolution of his films from his first experiments in the 1990s, right up to his most recent, Oscar-winning frescoes.

Produced in collaboration with la Cinémathèque française.