The 5 biggest exhibition stories of 2019
From the unseen subterranean world of London’s Tube network, to flying’s 5.7 million tonnes waste problem, here are the year’s most popular exhibition stories on Design Week.
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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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Design inspiration: the best projects from November
From an immersive rendering of King Kong to a map that breaks down the UK into 1400 songs, these are some of our favourite studio projects from November.
Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in December
Christmas may be upon us, but designers haven’t shut up shop just yet – alongside some more festive offerings this month the Design Museum will be discussing diversity, George H.
Paula Scher: “It took me 20 years to realise I was good at my job”
After her highly anticipated talk at this year’s Design Manchester, Design Week caught up with the veteran designer to talk about everything from being a woman in the business, failures,
Geffrye Museum of the Home drops namesake in identity overhaul
Currently in the midst of a £18.1 million redevelopment project, the newly-named Museum of the Home has adopted a new, flexible brand, created by design consultancy dn&co.
National Football Museum exhibition explores football shirt culture
Hosting more than 200 exhibits, Strip! How Football Got Shirty charts the technological and cultural evolution of the football shirt across the world.
Map showing damage caused by Amazon Echo scoops Designs of the Year 2019 prize
This year’s winners also include a low-cost self-testing HIV kit, multi-lingual graphic system and self-driving shuttle bus.
This installation seeks to improve nightshift workers’ health
Commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, The Liminal Space has created a travelling installation to help some of the 3.2 million UK workers who regularly contribute to the nightshift economy.
V&A’s blockbuster exhibition “unpicks the history of the car as a design object”
Cars: Accelerating the Modern World — the first exhibition exclusively dedicated to automobiles at the museum — explores the machine’s history and future.
Design Week picks: 5 speakers to see at Offset 2020
Our guide of what to catch at the Offset Dublin conference, which has just announced a line up including illustrator Laura Callaghan, Pentagram’s Rory Simms and Lego’s Jen Kronvold Frederiksen.
The Science Museum’s £24 million exhibition gives medicine a human face
Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries spans over 500 years of medical objects.
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.