Weekend Punk - Saturday 25 June

Location: The Stage
Led by fashion designer Lamis Khamis, customise and upcycle an item of clothing inspired by the punk era. Bring a t-shirt, denim jacket, army jacket, blazer, waistcoat, cap, hat, beret, trousers, bag, sweatshirt, hoody - any item that can be transformed. Using zippers, safety pins, patches, studs, chains, badges, fabric markers, buckles and herringbone tape, make a basic item into something with a distinctive punk aesthetic. All trimmings are provided.

Location: DIY Floor
Central Saint Martins’ Jaap de Maat and Ronnie Deelen invite you to bring in your obsolete electrical items and give them a fresh lease of life

Location: DIY Floor
Central Saint Martins’ Andrew Hall leads a Punk illustration afternoon inspired by punk graphic techniques.

Location: The Stage
The Design Museum teams up with Rough Trade to present an afternoon of exciting events including a series of performances, live DJ sessions and intimate talks.

Location: DIY Floor
W London – Leicester Square is at the museum offering a free taster of their Anarch-Tea to anyone who has booked an advance place for Weekend Punk. Created by W Hotel’s pastry chef, Rachel Newman Anarch-Tea is the most rebellious afternoon tea in town, combining quintessential British flavours with bold punk designs.

Plotting the release of classic punk music artwork across place and time, the Punk Timeline in the glass tank in front of the museum has been created with Russell Bestley, Principal Lecturer in Graphic Design at London College of Communication, to showcase the development of punk’s graphic identity and demonstrate the clear links between music, ideology and attitude.

Over twenty pieces from the collection and archive of British designer and artist Jamie Reid, including some previously unseen works are exhibited on the DIY Floor. The display includes photographs, original art works for gig posters and record covers, and a Vivienne Westwood screen printed flag. Growing up in a politically active family, Jamie Reid was born and raised in London where, in 1968, he attended Croydon College to study Art. It was during his time here that he met fellow classmate Malcolm McLaren, the future manager of the Sex Pistols. Reid worked alongside McLaren, and British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood in a bid to change the 1970s cultural landscape using art, music, fashion and design. He used collage to create a distinctive punk visual aesthetic, considered by turns subversive and amateurish, but now regarded as the work of a pivotal designer who established a visual frontispiece for anarchy and resistance. Jamie Reid’s archive is shown courtesy of John Marchant Gallery.

Entry to Cycle Revolution is ticketed. You may wish to visit the museum on another date if you would like to see the exhibition at a quieter time.

The Design Museum will be closing at its current site on Thursday 30 June and will relocate to the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington later in 2016.