Talks, courses and workshops

Start your morning with a 60 minute vinyasa yoga practice hosted by Equinox

Discover the work of ‘couture’s rebellious outsider’ in this British Sign Language tour.

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The Design Museum is partnering with Creative Conscience for a new higher education talk series called ‘Design Change Makers’, the second in the series will be focusing on conscious consumption.

Join Citizen Sense for a walk and workshop exploring potential solutions to air-pollution in London.

Learn the practical steps needed to build an effective, beautiful and functional website for your creative start-up.

Create your own beautiful, wearable, or useful objects inspired by this year’s Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition.

On Sunday, 7th of October, the Royal Institute of British Architects will offer free, artist-led architectural drawing workshops. Learn new creative skills and discover the architecture of the Design Museum through images from the RIBA's historic collections. Materials will be provided. All levels of ability are welcome and no prior experience is required.

The Design Museum is hosting free creative and social events for older people, in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Join a talk about the history of the Design Museum's iconic building, the former Commonwealth Institute in London. After the talk there will be a chance to ask questions over tea and cake.

The Design Museum is hosting free creative and social events for older people, in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Commonspoly - the resource-access game where we win by working as a community.

Convivial Tools is a programme of talks, debates and workshops exploring new approaches for a more cooperative society, based on the thinking of the late philosopher Ivan Illich.

Learn simple tools for communicating complex ideas in this three-part introduction to drawing.

Create your own tin using Mexican corn husks with designer and material researcher Fernando Laposse.

Learn how to cast objects with polystyrene in this hands-on workshop with Silo Studio.

This October half term, take part in a collaborative build, helping to design a city of shape shifting buildings, vehicles and play spaces.

Create your own design studio and work to a professional brief to design your own range of unique products inspired by the Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition.

Join this workshop to explore the design of footwear whilst gaining inspiration to develop your own ideas. Learn the construction of a basic cosy house slipper, which you can adapt and personalise to make your finished garment.

Make your own My Naturewatch Camera and discover the wildlife hidden in the local area.

Get an exciting introduction to virtual reality and 3D experiences in this 3-hour workshop for Young People.

To mark the opening of his exhibition 100 Mile City and Other Stories, Peter Barber gives a keynote lecture on how to tackle the country's housing crisis.

How do you turn a creative idea into a successful business? Discover the basics in starting up a business on this practical course.

Join this multisensory tour of the eleventh Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition, for blind and partially sighted visitors.

Join this British Sign Language tour to explore some of the most exciting design projects from the past twelve months.

Learn the ancient technique of Shibori Indigo dyeing with designer Lola Lely in this half-day workshop.

Hear Amsterdam-based design-duo Studio Formafantasma, explore the design story behind their project, Ore Streams.

Join an evening of presentations and discussions investigating new and innovative ways of approaching drinking water, to coincide with this year’s Beazley Designs of the Year.

Create a pop-up paper house book of your very own design, learning new model making skills with an introduction to architectural design techniques. Your pop-up book will be finished off with tiny flat pack furniture and people to take home with you.

Join designer Jesse Howard to discover the principles of open-source design and “everyday hacking” in this hands-on workshop.

To coincide with the exhibition Home Futures, a panel of leading designers and curators explore the work of the late radical Czech architect Jan Kaplický.

Join leading designers and material researchers to rethink sustainable production for the 21st century.

Part of the Future Factory Collaboration with the Design for Living Systems Lab and Central Saint Martins’ Material Futures Programme.

What will the factories of the future look like? Join designers and students from the MA Material Futures programme at Central Saint Martins to discuss how design can tackle today’s environmental challenges.

Part of the Future Factory Collaboration with the Design for Living Systems Lab and Central Saint Martins’ Material Futures Programme.

Join inclusive dance company Step Change Studios to mark the UN Day of Persons with Disabilities with a special wheelchair dance performance, followed by a dance workshop for everyone.

December 2018 marks 100 years since the first general election in which a percentage of women voted for the first time in the UK. In commemoration of the suffragettes’ ultimate victory, and as a stark reminder of the need to improve gender inequality in the industry, Libby Sellers and the Design Museum host a two-day series of talks on women in design.

Join a talk bringing together a panel of graphic designers, editors, and creative directors for a discussion on the importance of magazine covers today.

Coming together to share food, gifts, and company is an important part of any celebration. This holiday season, create your very own decorations and make your celebrations look extra special as the Design Museum builds a communal table of handmade marbled creations.