Family Day
Fun for all the family!
Family Day sees the whole museum taken over by free design activities for children. All activities are drop-in unless otherwise stated.
112
objects
past exhibition
John Lewis: How We Live Today
What do the objects we select tell us about the relationships that exist between designer, retailer and consumer? Find out in this pop-up exhibition marking the 150 year anniversary of the opening of the first John Lewis store on Oxford Street in London.
What can you do at the exhibition?
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21
ways to make coffee -
103
years - oldest object -
4
categories of products
What's in the exhibition?
Showcasing over 100 products, including current best sellers and historical pieces from the Design Museum’s own collection, John Lewis: How We Live Today looks at the retailer’s influence on the British shopping landscape across a century and a half of trading, and considers the design thinking behind some of the everyday items that shape our lives.
The exhibition is divided in four distinct categories:
Design Archetypes features products so finely crafted that it is hard to imagine them ever significantly changing.
Keeping House charts the domestic revolution that has seen time-consuming chores like washing, cooking and cleaning become steadily less arduous.
Choice by Design highlights the many different decisions that a consumer makes between entering the shop and taking their chosen item to the till.
Evolution of a Product Type uses the transformation of home audio equipment to demonstrate how changes at the cutting-edge of technology translate to consumer goods and transform the size, shape, and performance of familiar devices over time.
Background image courtesy of John Lewis