Weekend Punk - Sunday 26 June

Location: The Stage
Dr Russell Bestley of London College of Communication and the Punk Scholars Network, author of The Art of Punk, delivers a Subverting the Weekend talk and Q+A at the Design Museum. His talk focuses on Punk Beyond London, charting the punk diaspora across the UK and internationally from 1976 to the present day and as far afield as Eastern Europe, South America, South East Asia and the Himalayas, while providing insights into punk graphic design and visual communication, from do-it-yourself tools and techniques to the ways that professional designers helped to create a punk aesthetic.

Location: The Stage
Calling all aspiring image makers, writers, photographers, poets, designers, activists. Come to the museum and collaborate to create the ultimate zine. Led by Brody Associates, visitors to this workshop can create a two-page spread about a topic or issue that they are passionate about. What statement would you like to make?

Location: DIY Floor
Use image, text, photomontage, drawing and text collage to create pin badges and punk chokers. A drop in activity with designer Katie New.

Location: DIY Floor
Be inspired by PUNK.London and the museum’s displays to create unique, custom badges at this family-friendly workshop. Suitable for ages 5+.

Location: DIY Floor
The museum teams up with Time Out to smash the Weekend Punk piñata. Suitable for ages 5 – 11.

Location: The Stage
The Design Activism Research Hub (DARH) at London College of Communication runs a hands-on workshop on the theme of DIY graphics – create collages, posters and typographic layouts with simple tools and techniques on the working theme of Love and Hate. Get an insight into the fundamental principles of punk art and design and the longstanding heritage of home-made, do-it-yourself visual communication.

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.