The Science Museum’s £24 million exhibition gives medicine a human face
Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries spans over 500 years of medical objects.
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Exploring exhibitions and their design, from specialist shows at the Design Museum through to blockbusters at the V&A and Science Museum.
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Gus Casely-Hayford appointed director of V&A East
V&A East comprises two sites that the museum is developing in east London.
New Royal Academy exhibition rethinks the environment through design
Eco-Visionaries draws from different creative practices in an attempt to find solutions for the environmental crisis.
The W.E.B. Du Bois infographics which challenged racism in 1900
House of Illustration’s exhibition W.E.B. Du Bois: Charting Black Lives includes all 63 of the celebrated essayist’s little-known graphic work.
Design inspiration: the best projects from October
From a law firm rebrand based on “murmurations” to an inventive use of drowned bicycles, these are some of our favourite projects from the last month.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in November
This month Design Manchester turns seven, Anglia Ruskin University is telling tales with tech and Es Devlin is talking us through her latest installation.
“It’s like being inside a drawing”: improving exhibition accessibility
“All humans are different, so being conscientious of visitors’ needs helps us to pre-empt our designs,” Pentagram’s Marina Willer says of exhibition design. “Being aware of what can restrict people
Design Museum reports a £1.2 million “operating deficit”
The museum has launched a new strategy in response, including an exhibition programme with broader appeal, in the hopes of “developing new audiences for design”.
The Wellcome Collection’s new exhibition looks to understand play
Play Well will look at how play is an integral, but often overlooked, part of a well-functioning society.
Design Museum’s Mars exhibition explores “compelling” design challenges
The mission to get to Mars is creating countless opportunities for design, according to the new exhibition.
Netflix and Shaun the Sheep sequel named for Manchester Animation Festival
The UK’s largest animation festival returns for a fifth year with Shaun the Sheep screenings, workshops from Oscar-winning directors and family activities.
V&A Dundee explores the link between robots and human beings
The exhibition, Hello, Robot. Design Between Human and Machine, examines our relationship with robots and how design is a “mediator” between us.
How to become an: experience designer
As part of our series looking at jobs in design studios, we speak to Chloé Morris, founder at Edible Stories, about constantly looking for inspiration, bringing brand stories to life,
Five talents to look out for at The London Illustration Fair 2019
The fair returns to London for its sixth year in November, here Design Week talks to curator and co-founder Alastair Eland about the ones to watch at this year’s event.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in October
This month, it’s time to rethink robots at V&A Dundee, read about the best way to design schools and a men’s magazine launches.
First look at London Design Fair 2019
Much of the work at this year’s event is underpinned by sustainability, with designs from the likes of Mexico, the UAE and Scandinavia all being featured for their eco-friendly credentials.
Paula Scher and Extinction Rebellion named for Design Manchester 2019
The week-long festival will also host speakers including interaction design expert Daljit Singh and representatives from Heatherwick Studio.
Understanding Martino Gamper's “ironic” disco at Coal Drops Yard
His installation for London Design Festival draws on a number of inspirations, from clubbing in the 1990s to fake Crimean villages.
Yuri Suzuki’s Sound in Mind captures sound design’s big moment
The Design Museum is hosting its first exhibition dedicated to sound design, as the under-explored sector comes into its own.
First look at the V&A’s London Design Festival installations
This year’s set pieces explore the future of sustainable materials, the possibilities of AI and how climate anxiety can be channelled into something more positive.
Science Museum’s blockbuster exhibition plots the progress of science in London
Its new permanent exhibition, Science City 1550—1880, tracks London’s development as a centre for scientific learning and situates visitors in the city’s history.
London Design Festival 2019 – installation guide
Void, Dan Tobin Smith + The Experience Machine, Collins Music Hall At Collins Music Hall in Islington, creative studio The Experience Machine has worked with installation photographer Dan Tobin Smith
Designers and artists unite behind auction to fight arms trade
The Art the Arms Fair auction event will sell off work from the likes of Shepard Fairey and Ralph Steadman as part of its protest against the biennial DSEI arms
Design Museum’s Designs of the Year 2019 offers “rebuke of stereotypical design”
Genderless AI voices, hands free breast pumps and self-driving shuttle buses feature in the shortlist and accompanying exhibition this year