Design Museum

London, W8 6AG

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The museum is devoted to contemporary design in every form.

Gareth Gardner

Luke Hayes

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.

Art we’ve helped buy at Design Museum

Collection of fashion ensembles

Design Museum Acquired 2014

Handlebar Table

Design Museum Acquired 2012

Art we’ve helped buy at Design Museum

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.

Design Museum

Art we’ve helped buy at Design Museum

Collection of fashion ensembles

Handlebar Table

Art we’ve helped buy at Design Museum

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