Reconsidering Canon in a Diverse World

Dr Danah Abdulla is a designer, researcher and educator. Currently she is Senior Lecturer in Communication Design at Brunel University London, a founding member of the Decolonising Design research group, and the Creative Director and Editor of Kalimat Magazine.

Allan Collins is one half of London design duo, Brooksbank & Collins. Their design studio was established in 2012 as a means of exploring the overlap of art and architecture within the design of furniture and decorative objects, where their successful collaboration thrives on the contrast of their work.

Corinna Gardner is Senior Curator of Design and Digital at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Corinna leads the V&A’s Rapid Response Collecting programme and research is focused on contemporary product and digital design.

Riya Patel is curator of The Aram Gallery, an independent gallery dedicated to new and experimental design. She is a contributing editor at Icon magazine, and writes for several publications including Disegno, Wallpaper and The Independent. She was previously an editor of Icon magazine, and spent a year in Amsterdam editing Frame magazine.

Sam Pratt is co-director of contemporary design gallery, Gallery FUMI. Established in 2008 the gallery focuses on high-level, conceptually and aesthetically audacious contemporary designers and artists. The gallery runs an ambitious programme of exhibitions alongside a presence at international design fairs.

Valerio Capo is co-director of contemporary design gallery, Gallery FUMI. Established in 2008 the gallery focuses on high-level, conceptually and aesthetically audacious contemporary designers and artists. The gallery runs an ambitious programme of exhibitions alongside a presence at international design fairs.

Debika Ray is a writer, journalist and editor, and founder of Clove, a magazine about the culture of South Asia and the region's diaspora. She has previously been senior editor at Icon and acting deputy editor at Disegno, and has worked for publications including The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Wallpaper, Kinfolk, Metropolis and Blueprint.

Jana Scholze is a design curator, critic and academic. She is Associate Professor at the Kingston School of Art and a Fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum where she previously worked as a curator responsible for exhibitions such as 'What is Luxury?’. Her most recent publication is a monograph about the designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby.

Tim Simpson established the design partnership, Glithero, with Sarah van Gameren in 2007. From their London-based studio, they create product, furniture, and time-based installations in a broad spectrum of media, capturing and presenting the beauty in the moment that things are made.

Frederico Duarte is a design writer, critic and curator. He is currently a PhD candidate on a collaborative doctoral partnership research project on contemporary Brazilian design between Birkbeck College, University of London and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

In collaboration with Gallery FUMI and emerging curators from the MA in Curating Contemporary Design at Kingston School of Art, this display explores ideas around selection and collecting within curation.

Explore the theme ‘belonging’ at the Design Museum’s during London Design Festival 2018. With exhibitions, events and installations taking over the museum to celebrate a sense of belonging and ownership of design for all.