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Waste Age: What can design do?

Design Museum

23 October 2021 – 20 February 2022


Oxford Tire Pile , Westley, California, USA, 1999. Image by Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Flowers Gallery, London / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. Waste Age: What can design do? at Design Museum from 23 October 2021. Oxford Tire Pile , Westley, California, USA, 1999. Image by Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Flowers Gallery, London / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. Waste Age: What can design do? at Design Museum from 23 October 2021.
Stella McCartney SU19 ECONYL® Jacket and Trousers made using regenerated nylon from fishing nets and factory waste. Waste Age: What can design do? at Design Museum from 23 October 2021. Stella McCartney SU19 ECONYL® Jacket and Trousers made using regenerated nylon from fishing nets and factory waste. Waste Age: What can design do? at Design Museum from 23 October 2021.
An e-waste sorting and recycling facility, Belgium. Image by Recupel. Waste Age: What can design do? at Design Museum from 23 October 2021. An e-waste sorting and recycling facility, Belgium. Image by Recupel. Waste Age: What can design do? at Design Museum from 23 October 2021.

Oxford Tire Pile , Westley, California, USA, 1999. Image by Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Flowers Gallery, London / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. Waste Age: What can design do? at Design Museum from 23 October 2021.

Stella McCartney SU19 ECONYL® Jacket and Trousers made using regenerated nylon from fishing nets and factory waste. Waste Age: What can design do? at Design Museum from 23 October 2021.

An e-waste sorting and recycling facility, Belgium. Image by Recupel. Waste Age: What can design do? at Design Museum from 23 October 2021.



A new generation of designers are rethinking our relationship to everyday things and shining a light on our damaging culture of waste.

By finding the value in our discarded items and working towards a future of clean materials and a circular economy, we could find a way out of the Waste Age, from fashion, food and electronics, to construction and packaging. This exhibitions examines the contemporary designers working with this ethos and capturing the devastating impact of waste.

Featured exhibits include the work of visionary designers who have been using their platform and practice to reshape how we think about waste, such as fashion designer and environmentalist, Stella McCartney, as well as fresh new faces in design and sustainability such as installation artist, Ibrahim Mahama.

Is design the answer to ending our throwaway culture once and for all?

#EndTheWasteAge

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