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Luke Hayes

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Luke Hayes


The museum is devoted to contemporary design in every form.

The museum champions creative thinking and inspired problem solving, celebrating the talent of the world's best designers and architects. Since it opened in 1989 it has staged over 100 exhibitions themed around fashion, product and graphic design, showcasing the work of Paul Smith, Zaha Hadid, Miuccia Prada and Frank Gehry, among others.

The Design Museum moved from Shad Thames to Kensington in 2016. Leading architect John Pawson was behind the project, converting an old 1960s building into a striking new exhibition space.

Meet Me at the Museum

Comedian and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast Deborah Frances-White takes her pal, the actor and Talk Art podcast co-host Russell Tovey, to the Design Museum in London, where they explore how art and design are integrated into the way we live.

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Design Museum

224-238 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London, Greater London, W8 6AG

020 3862 5900

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Opening times

Daily, 10am – 6pm (last exhibition entry 5pm) The museum is open late on the first Friday of every month from 10am – 8pm (last admission 7pm).

Please check the museum's website for updates.

The museum follows government COVID-19 guidelines and has a process in place to maintain cleanliness and aid social distancing.

All visitors and members must pre-book tickets online to ensure everyone's safety and social distancing inside the galleries.

No tickets will be sold at the museum, but admission slots can be booked online on the day of the visit, if available.

A unique queuing system will ensure social distancing.

Face covering will be mandatory for all aged 11+ (unless exempt).

Cashless purchases only. Credit/debit card or mobile payments will be accepted at the shops. However, £1 coin needed for the lockers.

The cafe and restaurant will remain closed until further notice.

Hand sanitiser stations will be available on-site.

Hands-free experience with no touch screens or interactives. Visitors to bring their own headphones to enjoy specific exhibits.

Bike parking capacity has been doubled so that more people can cycle to the museum.

With a National Art Pass you get

50% off exhibitions

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The exhibitions you must see this May

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The exhibitions to see in 2022

Exhibitions and events at Design Museum
EXHIBITION

Weird Sensation Feels Good

  • Design Museum, London
  • From 13 May 2022
50% off exhibitions
EXHIBITION

Amy: Beyond the Stage

  • Design Museum, London
  • From 26 November 2021
50% off exhibitions
EXHIBITION

Waste Age: What can design do?

  • Design Museum, London
  • Until 20 February 2022
50% off exhibitions
Charlotte Perriand on the chaise longue basculante B306, 1929 © AChP/ © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2021
EXHIBITION

Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life

  • Design Museum, London
  • From 19 June 2021
50% off exhibitions

Exhibitions nearby

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021

  • Natural History Museum, London
  • Until 4 June 2022
50% off exhibitions
Chaman Yanomami en rituel avant la montée vers le Pico da Neblina, État d’Amazonas, Brésil, 2014. Amazônia at the Science Museum 13 October 2021 - March 2022.

Amazonia

  • Science Museum, London
  • Until 20 March 2022
50% off exhibitions

Our Future Planet

  • Science Museum, London
  • Until 18 May 2022
Free to all

Hallyu! The Korean Wave

  • V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum), London
  • From 24 September 2022
50% off exhibitions

Art we’ve helped buy at Design Museum

Collection of fashion ensembles
 Acquired 2014
Handlebar Table
 Acquired 2012

Jasper Morrison's Handlebar Table comes from early in the designer's career and is a classic example of his technique of combining existing readymade components (in this case, handlebars) in surprising ways to create new and unexpected objects. The curve of the handlebars is a wry quotation of the tubular steel designs of the Bauhaus design pioneer Marcel Breuer, whose own chairs were inspired by bicycle frames.

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