Talks, courses and workshops

Each month, and during school holidays, the Design Museum holds a drop-in activity for families inspired by the museum and its exhibitions. These informal sessions focus on light-touch design and making activities for families with children aged 5–11.

This activity invites you to think about what life might look like on another planet. Create and Make imaginative future buildings to populate a new world.

Free, drop-in

Explore moving images using a technique that predates film. Participants will learn the art of story-boarding and bring their ideas to life with light projection, shadow and storytelling.

A panel of experts discuss the role of design in Stanley Kubrick’s films.

Part of "Kubrick Now": A programme of events at the Design Museum and BFI Southbank.

Join the museum for an evening of talks, music and activities celebrates music in Stanley Kubrick’s films.

Part of "Kubrick Now": A programme of events at the Design Museum and BFI Southbank.

A free drop-in evening of drawing throughout the museum during the Friday Late opening.

FULLY BOOKED

Join this British Sign Language tour to discover the world of one of the 20th century’s most iconic film-makers.

FULLY BOOKED

Join this Multisensory Tour for blind and partially sighted visitors to discover the world of one of the 20th century’s most iconic film-makers.

Join journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi for a hands-on introduction to data visualisation.

SOLD OUT

Start your morning with vinyasa yoga, hosted by Equinox at the Design Museum. Following by a viewing of Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition.

Create your own scented candles using natural botanical materials sourced from London with designers Lola Lely and Yesenia Thibault.

Create a hand printed design that represents you and your family inspired by the David Adjaye: Making Memory exhibition and the stories weaved into Ghanaian adinkra printed cloth.

This talk explores the architecture of London through the eyes of Stanley Kubrick.

Part of "Kubrick Now": A programme of events at the Design Museum and BFI Southbank.

SOLD OUT

Take part in a fun afternoon of den building. Colour, collage and construct your own 3D paper shapes to build the den brick by brick.

Free, drop-in

How do you create an effective business plan for your creative start-up? Discover the basics in this course with Creative Entrepreneurs.

A free drop-in evening of drawing throughout the museum during the Friday Late opening.

This two-day symposium brings together leading designers, academics, journalists and theorists to discuss ethical approaches for design in response to some of today’s most urgent challenges.

Join British artist, film-maker and writer John Akomfrah and a panel of speakers for a talk on the architecture of memory, migration and multiculturalism.

Join Migrant Journal for a series of performances, discussions and talks that explore the relationship between music and migration.

Create a series of domestic objects using re-cycled plastic with architecture collective BFA.

Make and take home your own original lamp structure using everyday bolts and hinges.