Talks, courses and workshops

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:
- 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

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.

PLEASE NOTE: The afternoon session is sold out, but there are places for the morning session.

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.
This event is sold out. Please contact Bookings@designmuseum.org if you'd like to join the waiting list.

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.

Explore 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 and its surroundings.

Join horticulture and garden design legends Monty Don and Tom Stuart-Smith in conversation with Assistant Curator Naomi Zaragoza to discuss the role of gardening and garden design in today’s world.

Join us in the museum’s garden for an afternoon of 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 us to discuss More than Human and how science, law and storytelling can help us to reimagine the boundaries and connections between humans and non-human species.

This event is now sold out.

Join us for a festival of play, creativity and design for children and families, exploring our garden and the creatures that inhabit it!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Join Joycelyn Longdon, Ed Barsley and Chris Bellamy in conversation with Curator Rebecca Lewin to investigate how the introduction of AI is changing the creative industries, with a focus on environmental design and the green transition.

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 for an audio-described sensory tour to discover the fascinating story of the museum building for blind and visually impaired visitors and their companions.

Join Future Observatory Curator Abbie Adams and the 2024/25 cohort of Design Researchers in Residence – Christie Swallow, Hani Salih, Laura Lebeau and Neba Sere – in conversation about designing for the green transition, exhibiting research-in-progress and all things Artificial.

What does it mean to think, care and ultimately design for birds? In this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to design an object for birds – be it a birdhouse, birdbath, bird feeder or other – from ideation to realisation, and learn about the design process along the way.

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.

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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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