PLATFORM: Simone Brewster

PLATFORM is an annual initiative to expand our exhibition and displays programme with free, year-long displays showcasing the work of a designer or studio who are making an impact on contemporary design discourse.

Launched in 2025, it shows the broad reach of design in society and offers a unique opportunity for designers to share their work with the museum's visitors. The first PLATFORM display showcased the work of multi-disciplinary designer and artist Bethan Laura Wood. The second iteration of PLATFORM presents the work of London-based designer, educator and cultural change-maker Simone Brewster for her first-ever museum show.

Every year, around the four walls of level 1, we showcase the work of a designer or studio making an impact on contemporary design. These displays open up a conversation about their practice and how and why they design, giving an insight into their studio and inspiring a new generation of designers.

Simone Brewster is a designer whose work plays with form, working across scales and disciplines, defying a quick categorisation. She employs a visual language that is architectural and sculptural, rich with material histories and layered with references from palaeolithic fertility deities to African diasporic traditions. Brewster’s monographic display will centre on the fluidity of her interdisciplinary practice. Visitors will see the range of her design practice, from jewellery, furniture, sculpted forms to public architecture.

Alongside the display, the museum will launch an accompanying publication. Further details will be announced soon.

Background image: Simone Brewster archives.