Design Museum

This is a small museum, it costs quite a lot to get in and it is good for an hour or two at most. When I went, one of the exhibitions was on shoes. It was ok! I wish it was more interactive though. There are quite a few chairs in the exhibitions, why can’t I sit on them?
I’d recommend looking at the forthcoming exhibitions and picking one you fancy because the stuff that’s there permanently is maybe not quite enough to warrant a visit. But find an exhibition you fancy and go to it!
Also, the shop is what you’d expect of a design museum shop and you can certainly lose yourself and spend some good time in there.

A la fin d’une journée haute en couleurs, j’étais heureuse de passer mon tour pour ce dernier musée et pouvoir me poser ici, lire et recharger mon tél.
Plus qu’une simple boutique de souvenirs de musées — et pourtant les simples boutiques de souvenirs des musées sont souvent de base déjà très stylées, ici il s’agit d’une véritable petite boutique de design avec de très belles choses, des livres d’art aux mugs en passant par des objets design dont on ignorait l’existence mais qui semblent subitement indispensables.
Après avoir voulu acheter les ¾ de la boutique je me suis ressaissie et suis allée gentiment m’installer au café, où j’ai enfin pu goûter aux fameux «flapjacks «qui étaient bien bons, tout en lisant mon livre avec vue sur la Tamise.

This is a boutique museum in London next to the Thames that features rotating exhibits about design (as if the name didn’t make it obvious enough). It’s a really great place to go if you’re at all interested in design, but be warned that it is on the pricier side (especially considering many larger museums in London are free), possibly because it is more obscure and specialized.
When I visited the museum in summer 2014, one of the exhibits was a series called «Designs of the Year,» which was a fascinating celebration of great design in a variety of fields: industrial, architecture, graphic, product, fashion, experience, etc. As a bit of a design geek, it was a lot of fun to gawk at all the products and designs featured, pointing out ones I recognized from design blogs. The other exhibits are usually more specialized, featuring a particular designer’s work or exploring a theme in a particular field of design.
Definitely worth a visit if you are in London and have a design bent, but this place is probably not for everyone. The views of the Thames River and nearby Tower Bridge are also pretty great from this location, so be sure to take a walk by the water after your visit!

I came here for the Paul Smith exhibit with a friend and I had a lovely time. The space was set up very well and was beautifully designed. I feel like I have a better feel for Paul Smith as a fashion designer and what he is like in person. I really like the design museum and I can’t wait to see what other exhibits they will have next.

A charming little museum in Shad Thames, with big expectation for the future, the Design Museum is definitely one of my favourite museums in London. It’s not popular with tourists and families like the Science Museum or V&A and often has very inserting touring exhibitions of both contemporary and past design as well as a great permanent collection of random everyday things with an interesting design story, such as traffic lights, phone boxes, angle poise lamps and typewriters. I always have to be careful when I go along, not to spend too much time (or money) in the shop as it is definitely somewhere where one could get a little carried away!

The place is good if you want to see something different and out-​of-​the-​box. However, it’s very expensive so be warned. I went there with two friends who were visiting and they seemed to like it. I guess the place is worth going to if you need some change of the scenery.

Sollte man sich unbedingt mal ansehen: Interessante und erstaunliche Ausstellungen mit genialen Geschichten und Ideen dahinter. Und bei kalten und regnerischen Wetter sehr geeignet :)

Love this place. Very inspirational and just had a wonderful baguette in Grazing café inside.

This is a beautiful Museum with a nice view of the Thames.
They have a nice Café and Restaurant as well to enjoy.
It’s a great place to have a cocktail exhibit and
what a fresh environment to show off your best works.
The gallery owners are great hosts as well.

This museum was a welcomed change from the very touristy, historically focused attractions around Central London. We had no idea this museum even existed as we were travelling down a cobblestone alley that runs past Tower Bridge.
There were 2 exhibits running. The first exhibit featured Christian Louboutin, a french high end shoe designer. Interesting to see all the designs he experimented with. The exhibit was a little long as my fiancé was fascinated with what he created. I did enjoy it, but it was looking forward to exploring the rest of the museum.
The second exhibit on the top floor showed the Designs of the Year 2012. I really enjoyed this floor filled with winning designs that covered everything from print, to gaming, to industrial design and everything between. Wonderful concepts and ideas on display that challenged and explored today’s problems around the world. Loved it.

My only problem with this museum is the location. Other than that, the museum is fantastic. I only saw the Louboutin exhibit because the others were closed so I can only speak to that. It was wonderfully laid out and curated in general. The only downside was not being allowed to take photos.

Ok what am I doing here? It’s not really my motif coming here. Everyone knows I have no fashion or design sense whatsoever.
Well, I wanted to make the best out of my London Pass so the Design Museum was in the vicinity of the London Bridge, so I figured coming here for an hour wouldn’t be so bad.
So they had everything from women’s clothes, contemporary furniture design and they had the special Christian Louboutin exhibit where everything inside were women’s shoes.
I wasn’t completely bored. They had this really cool electric car with an iPad built in the front seat. So you can drive and watch a movie or play Words with Friends at the same time.
So this museum is good if you’re a woman, a designer, or like shoes and stuff. I think it was pretty cheap to go in. At least I had the London Pass to get me in. There’s a free wi-​fi at the café down stairs. Photography is not allowed, but I managed to sneak some photos.

Very cool museum. Definitely one of my favorites so far!
Went mainly to check out the exhibits: Christian Louboutin and the Designs of the Year 2012. Little did I know that the special exhibits were the whole museum!
The Louboutin exhibit was supremely well done, I thought. The flow of the exhibit, the fonts used on the write-​ups on the wall, the décor and sets for the shoes, just fantastically designed. But I guess that should be expected in the Design Museum?!
Designs of the Year exhibit was pretty cool too. Lots of stuff to see, including a little section dedicated to the Olympic designs (Olympic torch got design of the year). Got to play a bit of Xbox Kinect, and see my face replaced via a face-​off app on an ipad! Eek!
Definitely worth a visit. I wish there was a permanent exhibit area, though! I hear the museum is set to relocate soon, so perhaps they’ll have more space for permanent stuff then.

I’d always wondered about The Design Museum and never really had a reason to visit there until this morning. My friend and I thought we’d finally make that visit for the Christian Louboutin exhibition.
After a lovely if brisk walk along the Thames from London Bridge, though it was worth it as we saw more of the boats on the Thames for the Jubilee than yesterday (!), I was a tad irked to pay 11 (1 for restoration /​investment, etc) shiny pounds for entry. I think this is a little cheeky given that most London museums are free. Anyway, we went onto to look at the exhibition and also the Design of the Year one too, which had some really good and really odd designs.
A winner for this museum is the stunning view from the second floor and the location is wonderful. Also has quite a good gift shop too.

Small as it is, the Design Museum is packed with interesting factoids and models of contemporary design such as a simple park bench, keyboards, a chandelier of found objects, an Eames chair, etc. The museum is small enough to fit into a quick visit but you leave more informed. The exhibits covered two floors. And, there seems to be a room where you may get hands-​on workshops, but that was closed the day that I visited. The entrance price was about 50 percent off with a discount coupon from a popular visitor’s guide provided by my hotel.
On the ground-​floor is the now-​ubiquitous museum-​store and museum-​café. I didn’t stop in the café, but I did browse the little store and thought there were many whimsical and compelling books on design and other things to buy there.
The location of the museum is very convenient as it is very near London Bridge and The Tate. It sits of the Thames of course, where you can take a nice long stroll along the sidewalk trail with plenty of resting spots and picturesque spots on the way. Then there is the neighboring arcade of restaurants, cafes and other businesses in between; which was great for taking shelter from the on-​off spurts of rainfall.

Every now and again, the Design Museum holds a series of late evenings showcasing different areas of the design world.
This time it was celebrate 125 years of bottle design by Coca-​Cola as well as the finalist of the World Design Awards.
This was my first experience of the museum and was surprised to see how small it seemed from the outside.
As I walked in there were quite a few people drawing and designing their own version of a Coke bottle to be hung on the wall for the evening, whilst others were talking their complimentary drink outside to look at the beautiful view of Tower Bridge.
Upstairs I wandered around the World of Design exhibition which had some wonderful exhibits including Major Boris Johnson’s famous city bike.
This is a really fun and unique place to visit and to see a glimpse into the designs of the future and if you are like me, can give you some wonderful ideas on how to update your interior design.

I think this Museum has one of the best levels of editing in London. It is a very small museum but everything within the museum is very well chosen and the museum is not overbearing. If I lived in London I would definitely consider being a member, but then again I’m in a modern design fanatic.

I come every year for the British Insurance Award exhibits. This is one of my most favourite museums in London because I love the subject of design. I think it’s a wonderful combination of art and skill. Be it fashion, furniture, or car design.
This year there was a strong iPad presence that I didn’t really care for. Best social media magazine — Flipbook (on a iPad)
Best Game — Angry Birds (on an iPad)
iPad, iPad, iPad, I love apple but it was a bit much. I think it would have been better if the iPad had their own section.
I love seeing the collaborative work of the scientists, engineers and artists to create something inspiring.
When you can gain admission to the Tate Museum, a world class art museums for free but have to pay 11 for admission to a small design museum. I can understand people’s lack of excitement. But come looking for innovation and inspiration. I think it’s exciting and well worth the time and money.

Don’t expect a MOMA.
While the Brit Insurance 2010 exhibits were very interesting, selecting designs from all over the world across diverse ideas, I felt that 8.50 was a bit too much for the small museum. The permanent show of the architectural designs probably meant more to those in that specialisation, but I felt it was a little inaccessible for the average punter.
Another floor of interesting designs would have made it feel like aa journey worth making.

The Design Museum is hidden away amongst a multitude of brick buildings and gusty Thames wind. After venturing from Tower Hill tube station, a deceptive sign sent me towards a glass building and attempted to weave me through yachts and waterside cafes. Hideously lost I eventually headed across the bridge and viola!
The museum has a large collection of work available for viewing on their on-​line gallery, floor space is reserved for exhibitions. At present, the first floor of this intimate gallery holds Hussein Chalayan’s fashion pieces until May 17^th and upstairs until June 14^th are the British Insurance Designs of 2009.
Chalayan describes his work as being a narrative, story-​telling through fashion and technology. His use of technologically advanced fabric, traditional & geometric print textiles and analogous mannequins makes passing through the exhibit semi-​surreal. In my opinion, the highlight of the exhibit was a video installation. Almost an anti-​fashion show, the models carried briefcases that became chairs, whose slip covers became intricate dresses.
The British Insurance Designs are varied and worth a look. With everything from colourful typefaces to innovative website design, the collection is inspirational. See work such as Prada’s Fairies campaign video «Trembled Blossom» and the Barack Obama Progress poster by Shepard Fairey.
Prices are reasonable at £8.50 adults, £6.50 concessions, £5 students and free for under 12s. If you’re in the area, check out the café and great bookstore free of charge.

Das Design Museum ist eines der beliebtesten Attraktionen in London. Es beschäftigt sich mit der Zukunft sowie mit der Vergangenheit. Eine Ausstellung, welche die Entwicklung, Genialität und die Inspiration der Kunstwerke im 20. bis ins 21. Jahrhundert widerspiegelt. Es zelebriert die Reichhaltig– und die Vielfältigkeit der Kunst und seiner Kraft, dass tägliche Leben durch Innovationen und Ausdrucksstärke in nahezu allen Bereichen zu verbessern.
Öffnungszeiten
Montag bis Sonntag 10.00 bis 17.15 Uhr
(Letzter Einlass)
Preise
Erwachsene £7.00
Konzessionen £4.00
Kinder bis 12 Jahre kostenlos

Wer sich für Design interessiert ist hier richtig. Schön helles Museum mit zahlreichen Ausstellungstücken zum Thema Design.

Every professional design-​person I know frequents this museum. Their collection includes hallmark examples of contemporary design that include everything from chairs to electronics. The interior is all-​white, and my favourite permanent feature are the quotes they have emblazoned over the each flight of stairs. (Ha… even walking through an homage to design I can’t escape the fact that ‘m simply more of verbal than a visual person).
The main event at the Design Museum, however, is their ever-​changing exhibitions. Right now it’s «Design Cities that Changed the World,» but in the past they’ve featured everything from photographer Tim Walker to the fashion of Mathew Williamson.
The museum is so small, and the exhibitions change with such relative frequency, that whether the Design Museum merits three of four stars is really dependent on what they currently have on offer. Definitely pay a visit if they have a show that has inherent interest to you — you won’t come away disappointed… but probably not the best place to simply wander into if you’re merely exploring.
Their shop is great though. Isn’t that just the case with all museum stores?

This intimate museum is perfect for design or art students. It categorizes the five major events in design and takes your eyes on a wacky visual adventure! The structure of the ground floor of the museum is a bit strange as it looks more like a warehouse with furniture than a gallery of work.
Upstairs there are currently two interactive guest exhibitions containing sketches, photography and video installations of Alan Aldridge and Patricia Urquiola’s work. The gift shop is a great highlight of the museum, and the entrance cost was a little too high for me to give this museum more stars.

Un musée moderne très technique
Un musée contemporain, au bord de la Tamise. C’est un musée du design avec des articles de grande consommation. N’oubliez pas d’essayer les fauteuils loufoques c’est la partie attractive du musée. 4 livres l’entrée.

A voir !
Ce musée n’est pas central mais il vaut le détour. Ici on trouve de tout: du design automobile (à l’époque il y avait la Fiat monospace tres bizarre) aux biens de grande consommation. Un petit voyage dans le temps et dans les stratégies publicitaires et marketing, très intéressant !

pourrait faire mieux
Intéressant pour les plus de 40 ans qui retrouvent la moto du pépé ou la lampe comme chez grand-​maman. Présentation peu agréable faisant penser à un hall d’un magasin de seconde main.