Celebrating 30 years of the Design Museum
Win free tickets to the new season of talks
It has been 30 years since the museum originally opened its doors in a converted banana warehouse in Shad Thames.
To start the year-long celebrations, Design Museum members have the chance to win one of 30 pairs of free tickets to each talk, starting with the new spring season announced today. All members' talk tickets will also be just £5 for the rest of 2019.
Be in with the chance to see John Akomfrah in conversation or a series of events about Stanley Kubrick featuring Katharina Kubrick, and executive producer Jan Harlan with more guests to be announced soon.
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Talk
Marking 400 years since the first enslaved African arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, "Year of Return, Ghana 2019” is a global campaign which aims to unite Africans in the continent and around the world. The museum will be holding free events, including a discussion about the role of architecture in promoting identity and a specially-themed Friday Night Sketch.
Talk
Join this panel of film and design experts for a discussion on the design narratives within Kubrick’s work.
Talk
Explore the architecture of London through the eyes of Stanley Kubrick, with Jan Harlan and Katharina Kubrick.
Symposium
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.
Talk
British artist, film-maker and writer John Akomfrah will discuss the architecture of memory, migration and multiculturalism alongside a panel of speakers.
Talk
Join the museum for an evening of talks, music and activities celebrating music in Stanley Kubrick’s films.
Courses & Workshops
Priority booking just for members opens at 10.00 on Tuesday 12 March for the new season events, courses and workshops. Explore what's coming up:
Friday Night Sketch
A free evening of drawing throughout the museum, led by illustrator Soofiya,
Friday Night Sketch
This month’s sketch will focus on the theme of Drawing with Shapes, led by illustrator and animator Steven Wilson,
Workshop
Join journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi for a hands-on introduction to data visualisation.
Workshop
Create your own scented candles with natural botanical materials sourced from London with designers Lola Lely and Yesenia Thibault.
Friday Night Sketch
This month’s sketch will focus on the theme of Mapping Memory, led by illustrator Olivia Twist
Course
How do you create an effective business plan for your creative start-up? Discover the basics in this three-week course with Creative Entrepreneurs.
Live Performance
Join Migrant Journal for a series of performances, discussions and talks that explore the relationship between music and migration.
Workshop
Create a series of domestic objects and architectural models using re-cycled plastic with architecture collective BFA.
Family events
Explore what's available for families and young people, with priority booking just for members opening at 10.00 on Tuesday 12 March.
Get into design
Explore moving images using a technique that predates film. Participants will learn the art of storyboarding and bring their ideas to life with light projection, shadow and storytelling.
Get into design
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.
Get into design
Make and take home your own original lamp structure using everyday bolts and hinges.
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