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Design Museum opens major Barbie exhibition

London’s Design Museum is banking on another summer of Barbie-mania with an exhibition dedicated to Mattel’s favourite doll, charting Barbie’s legacy and design evolution through fashion, architecture, furniture, and even body image. ‘Barbie: The Exhibition,’ runs until February 23, 2025, and marks the 65th anniversary of the Barbie brand,...

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Design Museum launches display dedicated to environmental design research

London’s Design Museum has opened up a new design space showcasing design research projects that respond to environmental crises. The display features work from six exhibitors, curated by ‘Future Observatory,’ the Design Museum’s national research programme for the green transition coordinated in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research...

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Design Museum to explore 65 years of Barbie

The Design Museum in London is teaming up with global toy company Mattel to launch an all-new exhibition exploring 65 years of its iconic fashion doll Barbie. The exhibition will open next year, from July 5, 2024, to February 23, 2025, as part of Barbie’s 65th anniversary. The Barbie exhibit will map the Barbie legacy that started in 1959 when...

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Design Museum discovers AR and lets visitors try on the looks they see

On Saturday, 16th September 2023, the exhibition “Rebel: 30 Years of London Fashion” opened at the Design Museum in London. Apart from celebrating the 30th anniversary of NewGen, the British Fashion Council’s fashion talent incubator, which has supported more than 300 designers during those years, it is unlike many other fashion exhibitions. The...

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Design Museum spotlights British talent with NewGen exhibition

NewGen, the fashion talent incubator from the British Fashion Council, which has supported more than 300 designers, is being celebrated in a new exhibition at the Design Museum in London as part of the initiative’s 30th anniversary. ‘Rebel: 30 Years of London Fashion,’ which opens on September 16, is unlike many other fashion exhibitions, as...

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Design Museum to celebrate more than 300 young designers

The Design Museum in London has revealed it will showcase “trailblazing fashion designs” celebrating more than 300 young designers from the British Fashion Council’s NewGen programme in its new fashion exhibition opening in September. ‘Rebel: 30 Years of London Fashion,’ will run from September 16 to February 11, 2024, and will showcase London’s...

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Design Museum celebrates the sari with a new fashion exhibition

The first large-scale exhibition in the UK examining the contemporary Indian sari has opened at the Design Museum in London. ‘The Offbeat Sari,' runs until September 17, and brings together more than 60 examples of modern saris on loan from designers and studios across India, including the first-ever sari worn at the Met Gala in 2022 and saris...

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Design Museum to celebrate London as a “powerhouse of global fashion”

The Design Museum is hosting a major fashion exhibition in September celebrating London’s contribution to contemporary global fashion in collaboration with the British Fashion Council (BFC). ‘Rebel: 30 Years of London Fashion’ will open on September 15, coinciding with London Fashion Week. It will celebrate the 30th anniversary of BFC’s NewGen...

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Design Museum to place focus on the sari in 2023

The Design Museum in London has announced an exhibition dedicated to the wrap-around garment, the sari, next year. ‘The Offbeat Sari’ exhibition will run from May 19 to September 17, 2023, celebrating what the museum calls the “radical reinvention of India’s traditional sari.” It will feature dozens of the finest saris of our time from...

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Van Cleef & Arpels to exhibit jewels at the Design Museum

Fine jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels has announced that it will showcase a free exhibition at the Design Museum in London opening in September. ‘The Art of Movement’ exhibition will run from September 23 to October 20 and will feature almost a hundred creations from its patrimonial collection, alongside archive documents and private collector's...

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Design Museum to celebrate Fred Perry with a free exhibition

The Design Museum is to host a free exhibition in June celebrating 70 years of the Fred Perry polo shirt and the legacy of one of Britain’s most enduring sportswear brands. ‘Fred Perry: A British Icon’ is a collaboration between the brand and the museum and will invite visitors to explore the company’s beginnings in 1950s Britain and get to know...

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Design Museum opens Bethany Williams exhibition

London’s Design Museum has unveiled a new, free exhibition celebrating sustainable emerging designer Bethany Williams exploring her “alternative vision” for the fashion industry by using waste materials and forging community collaborations. The ‘Bethany Williams: Alternative Systems’ display opened today, February 22 and will run throughout...