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Inspired by our 'Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style' exhibition, children will explore the basics of graphic design using paper and hand printing techniques to create unique posters.
Sold out. Email DMAcademy@designmuseum.org to join the waiting list. There are spaces left for the 'Analogue Graphic Design' workshop for ages 11 to 14.
Inspired by our 'Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style' exhibition, young people will delve into the design of leisure pools and create their own utopian waterpark through discussion, drawing, collage, and scale models.
Join Suhair Khan, Luke McDonagh, Adrian Shaughnessy and Caroline Sinders in conversation to investigate how the introduction of AI is changing the creative industries, with a focus on graphic design, illustration and the visual arts.
Inspired by our 'Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style' exhibition, children will explore the design of leisure pools and create their own utopian and fun waterpark.
Sold out. Email DMAcademy@designmuseum.org to join the waiting list. There are spaces left for the 'Waterpark Architecture' workshop for ages 11 to 14.
Inspired by our 'Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style' exhibition, young people will explore the basics of graphic design using paper and hand printing techniques to create unique posters.
In this hands-on workshop, children will learn how to transform ordinary plastic bags into fusible fabric, a durable and eco-friendly material that can be used for all kinds of creative projects.
Sold out. Email DMAcademy@designmuseum.org to join the waiting list.
Join Chris Romer-Lee, Kathryn Ferry, Peigh Asante and Christopher Beanland for this conversation panel exploring how public pools and waterways enrich neighbourhoods, shape communities, and enhance individual wellbeing.
Immerse yourself in the cyanotype and cyanolumen process, and create amazing designs on paper or fabric using leaves and flowers, exploring artistic layouts in your prints.
Join us for a Relaxed Opening of our exhibitions suitable for visitors with a neurodivergent profile, sensory processing differences, SEND, neurological conditions or anxiety. From 10:00 to 12:00 on the dates:
- Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style: Wed 11 June 2025
- More than Human: Wed 30 July 2025 and 17 September 2025
- Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s: Wed 29 October 2025
- Wes Anderson: The Archives: Wed 21 January 2026
Miffy is celebrating her birthday at the Design Museum! Join us for a festival of play, creativity and design for all ages and abilities.
This event is now sold out.
Discover the fascinating story of the museum building in this group tour for D/deaf visitors who use British Sign Language and their companions, facilitated by Edward Richards and delivered as part of London Festival of Architecture.
Are you aged between 14 and 25 years old and interested in design? Join this free networking and career guidance event for young people to connect and learn from professionals working across the fields of architecture and the build environment. Don't miss the chance to meet curators, writers, product designers, architects, urban planners and more.
Explore the museum’s Dame Sylvia Crowe Garden, learn to do pollinator counts and wildlife observation with the Energy Garden team and enjoy a special screening of the documentary ‘Six Inches of Soil’.
Join Nathaniel from Swimdem and Aishni, from the Greater London Authority (GLA), for a workshop on public spaces and who is represented in them. Expect a tour of the exhibition, a walk to a local pool and a workshop on problem-solving through design.
Join Designer Alex Scott-Whitby, Curator Amber Butchart and Assistant Curator Tiya Dahyabhai to reflect on the making of 'Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style' and discover behind the scenes, from the initial ideas, to the completion of this inspiring and refreshing exhibition.
Explore the fundamentals of natural fabric dyes in this taster workshop, where you will learn how to use cooking waste and plants to create a rich palette of colours on fabric.
Learn drawing techniques to build up your skills in capturing different details and views of architecture and the spirit of place on paper, inspired by the iconic Design Museum building.
Join us for a group tour of highlights of the exhibition More than Human for D/deaf visitors who use British Sign Language and their companions, facilitated by Edward Richards.
Join Suomi/Koivisto Architects for a talk and workshop on how we can build while respecting other species.
Join horticulture and garden design legends Monty Don and Tom Stuart-Smith in conversation with Assistant Curator Naomi Zaragoza.
Join us in the museum’s garden for an afternoon of wholesome talks and activities celebrating horticulture and the relationship between design and nature with Christie Swallow, Computer Room, Flock Together and Tom Leonard (The Drag Queen Gardener).
Join Merlin Sheldrake, Robert MacFarlane, César Rodríguez-Garavito and Elena Landinez for this conversation on More than Human design and how science, law and storytelling can help us to reimagine the boundaries, and connections, between humans and non-human species.
Join us for an audio-described sensory tour of highlights of the exhibition More than Human for blind and visually impaired visitors and their companions.
Join us in the museum’s Dame Sylvia Crowe Garden for a festival of play, creativity and design for children and families, exploring gardens and the creatures that inhabit them!
Combining observational drawing with zine-making, young people will learn how to capture details through live sketching to then build a visual narrative on a zine or concertina book.
Combining observational drawing with zine-making, children will learn how to capture details through live sketching to then build a visual narrative on a zine or concertina book.
Young people will discover cyanotype, a technique that uses photosensitive dye to create blue prints on paper or fabric when exposed to sunlight. They'll experiment with plants and objects to design their own layered compositions using light and shadow.
For schools
Using handling collections of contemporary design objects, students can interact with key designs through experiential learning. Hour-long workshops support students to gain new perspectives on the role of designers and the impact of design in everyday life. Suitable for key stages 2, 3, 4 and 5.
master's course
Did you know that the Design Museum offers a Master's programme in Curating Contemporary Design in partnership with Kingston University?
Our collaborative degree is one of the world’s foremost postgraduate programmes for design curators, taught by leading academics, curators and designers.
Applications are open to start in 2025.
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