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Located on the banks of the Thames, the Design Museum has two floors and showcases contemporary design in all forms, including fashion, graphic and architectural. There are two main galleries, and the collections trace the history of design developments, from the origins of mass production to contemporary works. This was the first museum in the world to focus on the exhibition of mass-produced items and today boasts a celebrated collection of everyday objects from the 20th and 21st centuries. While the items allow visitors to reminisce about the past, the Design Museum also provides an opportunity to examine innovative prototypes for the future. The objects relate to engineering, technology, furniture, fashion and architecture. Housed in a 1950s building re-designed by the Conran Group, the museum lies just downriver of Butler's Wharf and the old spice-importing warehouses. And, if you start to get peckish during your visit, the Blue Print Cafe on the first floor overlooking the river is a bit of a treat.
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The Designs Of The Year 2013The Designs Of The Year 2013A Room For London, Jacqueline Durran's Anna Karenina Costumes, and Renzo Piano's Shard are shortlisted for the Designs of the Year awards. These shortlisted works are among the objects displayed at the Design Museum's exhibition, the result of a search for the most innovative designs of the year. Billed as 'the Oscars of the design world', beautif19th May 2013Sunday 7th July 2013
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A Room For London, Jacqueline Durran's Anna Karenina Costumes, and Renzo Piano's Shard are shortlisted for the Designs of the Year awards. These shortlisted works are among the objects displayed at the Design Museum's exhibition, the result of a search for the most innovative designs of the year. Billed as 'the Oscars of the design world', beautif... More about this event
event Sunday 19th May 2013
VENUE Design Museum
Make a miniature chair inspired by the museum collection.
event Running from Tuesday 4th June 2013 until Monday 22nd July 2013
TIMES 4th June to 22nd July 2013 - 10am-5.45pm PRICING Free
An installation featuring images by Theo Simpson, of a selection of structures and buildings around London including the Crystal Palace Subway, Welbeck Street Car Park and Stockwell Bus Garage. The buildings have been chosen by architecture critics including the BBC Culture Show's Tom Dyckhoff, Owen Hatherley of the Guardian and Sam Jacob of Dezeen
event Sunday 16th June 2013
VENUE Design Museum
Make a miniature chair inspired by the museum collection.
event Running from Wednesday 24th July 2013 until Sunday 3rd November 2013
TIMES 24th July to 3rd November 2013 PRICING TBC
In recent years technology has developed at an alarming rate, new products are constantly being released and our want for the latest, fastest and most innovative devices is relentlessly increasing. Partnering with the Technology Strategy Board, the Design Museum is hosting Making the Future: A New Industrial Revolution. This exhibition will explore... More about this event
Designers in ResidenceDesigners in ResidenceEach year, the Design Museum holds its Designers in Residence exhibition giving visitors the chance to see the work of young designers at the beginning of their careers. The annual show is the culmination of a year-long programme which supports and nurtures up-and-coming designers. The show includes specially created new work from the year's finali4th September 2013Sunday 12th January 2014
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event Running from Wednesday 4th September 2013 until Sunday 12th January 2014
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Each year, the Design Museum holds its Designers in Residence exhibition giving visitors the chance to see the work of young designers at the beginning of their careers. The annual show is the culmination of a year-long programme which supports and nurtures up-and-coming designers. The show includes specially created new work from the year's finali... More about this event
Paul SmithPaul SmithThe London Design Museum celebrates four decades of design by one of Britain's best known talents, Sir Paul Smith, a man knighted in the 2001 Birthday Honours List for services to the fashion industry. The show will include classics from his 40 years of collections and reveal something of the personality of the designer known for "Englishness combi20th November 2013Sunday 2nd March 2014
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event Running from Wednesday 20th November 2013 until Sunday 2nd March 2014
VENUE Design Museum
The London Design Museum celebrates four decades of design by one of Britain's best known talents, Sir Paul Smith, a man knighted in the 2001 Birthday Honours List for services to the fashion industry. The show will include classics from his 40 years of collections and reveal something of the personality of the designer known for "Englishness combi... More about this event
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London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel Executive Double Rooms: 22% off from £204
Guoman Tower, E1Q | 4 minutes from Design Museum
It's the location on the River Thames that give this hotel next to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge a wow factor. It's also very ...More
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel Deluxe Double Rooms: 56% off from £127
5 More London Place, SE1 | 5 minutes from Design Museum
This plush, modern hotel south of the historic Tower Bridge is very convenient for exploring London. Just five minutes from the Tube station, it's 10 to ...More
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel Deluxe Double Rooms: 54% off from £134
1 Seething Lane, EC3N | 9 minutes from Design Museum
With Tower of London, London Bridge and St. Paul's just a step away, this hotel has a great location for both business and leisure travellers. It's ...More
London > Attractions > Museums
Tower Bridge, Bankside, London SE1 | 2 minutes from Design Museum
Competing with the London Eye for the capital's most vertiginous experience, Tower Bridge offers one of the best vantage points in the city from its ...More
London > Attractions > Museums
83 Bermondsey Street, SE1 | 7 minutes from Design Museum
The fashionista behind the Fashion and Textile Museum is Zandra Rhodes, the colourful designer who won the Designer of the Year award in 1972 and in ...More
London > Attractions > Museums
9a St Thomas Street, Bankside, London SE1 | 11 minutes from Design Museum
Hidden away in the roof space of the old St Thomas Baroque church, this restored 1821 women's operating theatre is the oldest operating theatre in England. ...More
Sights and Attractions near Design Museum
London > Attractions > Boats and Bridges
Tower Bridge Road, Tower Bridge Road, , Bankside, London SE1 | 2 minutes from Design Museum
Competing with the London Eye for the capitals most vertiginous experience, Tower Bridge offers one of the best vantage points in the city from its spectacular ...More
London > Attractions > Boats and Bridges
Morgan's Lane, Tooley Street, Bankside, London SE1 | 6 minutes from Design Museum
HMS Belfast, moored at Morgan's Lane off Tooley Street, is a World War Two cruiser with nine decks. As you explore this floating museum, pop into ...More
London > Events > Kids Events Dates: Sunday 19th May 2013 - 2pm-4.30pm
Design Museum, 28 Shad Thames, SE1 | Same location as Design Museum
Make a miniature chair inspired by the museum collection....More
London > Events > Tours Dates: 1st February 2013 to 31st December 2014
The Shard, 96 Tooley Street, Bankside, London SE1 | 7 minutes from Design Museum
London looks like a city in miniature from The View From The Shard which at 244 metres tall is the highest public viewing platform in ...More
London > Events > Film Events Dates: 17th to 23rd May 2013
Shortwave Cinema, 10 Bermondsey Square, SE1 | 10 minutes from Design Museum
Leon, a member of airport ground staff, accidentally damages the landing gear of a Peninsula Airlines flight heading to Mexico. The airplane takes off and develops ...More
London > Entertainment > Arts Centres
Ground Floor East, 136-148 Tooley Street, SE1 | 6 minutes from Design Museum
Established in 1991, The Architecture Foundation is a non-profit agency for contemporary architecture whose programme of events and exhibitions promotes its core belief that architecture enriches ...More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
20 Stainer Street, Bankside, London SE1 | 9 minutes from Design Museum
The madcap Shunt Theatre company has created London's most unpredictable nightspot in the railway arches beneath London Bridge. Each week's entertainment at Shunt Vaults is curated ...More
London > Entertainment > Cinemas
10 Bermondsey Square, Southwark, London SE1 | 10 minutes from Design Museum
Shortwave films, a company whose primary objective was to promote emerging film and video artists, have set up this independent cinema in Bermondsey Square. As you'd ...More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
Arch 11, Dockley Road Industrial Estate, Southwark, London SE16 | 6 minutes from Design Museum
The Kernel Brewery is one of the most successful micro brewers in London and its rise has been meteoric with its beer winning awards and ...More
London > Restaurants > Modern European restaurants
Design Museum, Butlers Wharf, Bankside, London SE1 | Same location as Design Museum
Take in the views of the river after a trip to the Design Museum while enjoying Jeremy Lee's short but perfectly formed menu. The choices change ...More
London > Restaurants > Italian restaurants
34 Shad Thames, Butlers Wharf, SE1 | 1 minute from Design Museum
A good pizza chain. Serves tasty large Italian pizzas, pasta and salads in light spacious restaurants. A reliable and quick meal option....More
London > Restaurants > Italian restaurants
31 Shad Thames, Southwark, London SE1 | 1 minute from Design Museum
Pizza Express has become something of a London institution. Serving consistently excellent Italian pizzas quickly in pleasant unfussy surroundings, this is always a convenient and acceptable ...More
London > Education > Professional Training
Elephant & Castle, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 | 25 minutes from Design Museum
From a clutch of excellent courses in London, this is the best and among the premier specialist media courses in the world. Formerly London College of ...More
London > Education > Evening Classes
4 Luke Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A | 27 minutes from Design Museum
National charity for adult learning which also runs an excellent selection of theatre, literature, history and politics evening classes....More
London > Education > Evening Classes
10 Sunbury Workshops, Swanfield Street, Shoreditch, London E2 | 31 minutes from Design Museum
Learn some crafty manouveurs at Making Space where classes on mask making, glass engraving, pyrography (burning patterns into wood or leather), chainmail knitting, and book hollowing ...More
Leisure near Design Museum
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
City Hall, 110 The Queens Walk, Bankside, London SE1 | 3 minutes from Design Museum
Potters Fields Park occupies a prime spot between City Hall (from where the Mayor runs London) and Tower Bridge. The pedestrianised, grassy area on the south ...More
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
41 Snowsfields, SE1 | 9 minutes from Design Museum
It's a relief to step into Snowsfields Wellness, with its shelves of carefully selected healthy and organic products. Unlike plenty of other places, each of the ...More
London > Leisure > Activities
95 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London E1 | 23 minutes from Design Museum
The third of these increasingly popular 1950s retro-America style bowling alleys opened in late 2008 to much critical acclaim. Located in the Old Truman Brewery on ...More
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
99 - 101 Bermondsey Street, SE1 | 7 minutes from Design Museum
Oh how we wish we lived in Bermondsey, then we could call this gem of a pub our local. We'd stop in for a regular drink ...More
London > Nightlife > Pubs
108 Wapping High Street, Tower Hamlets, London E1W | 12 minutes from Design Museum
The real magic of Wapping's riverside Captain Kidd pub is outside on the L-shaped patio. The Thames is rather narrow here and so the action seems ...More
Nightlife near Design Museum
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
1 Mark Lane, City, London EC3R | 11 minutes from Design Museum
Just as you used to be in a 1920s speakeasy, at Proud Cabaret you're entertained while you dine. A lively mix of cabaret, jazz and burlesque ...More
Meeting venue hire near Design Museum
London > Business > Venue Hire
City Hall, The Queen's Walk, Bankside, London SE1 | 3 minutes from Design Museum
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London > Business > Venue Hire
Waterloo Block, City, London EC3N | 6 minutes from Design Museum
With close to 1,000 years of royal history lurking within its highly fortified walls, a trip to the Tower of London is like traveling back to ...More
London > Business > Venue Hire
Weston Street, Bankside, London SE1 | 8 minutes from Design Museum
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