Talks, courses and workshops

Enjoy access to exclusive members-only events with your Design Museum membership.

Join a conversation with The Nue Black Aesthetic exhibition guest curator Charlene Prempeh and designers Mac Collins and Giles Tettey Nartey to explore how memory, material culture, ritual, and diaspora shape contemporary design, chaired by co-curator Tiya Dahyabhai.

Enjoy a group tour of the highlights and behind the scenes details of The Nue Black Aesthetic, delivered by the exhibition Guest Curator Charlene Prempeh and Co-curator Tiya Dahyabhai.

In an age where AI can generate images in seconds, a sketchbook remains one of the most powerful creative tools: an analogue space to think, test and develop your ideas. Join us for a two-day workshop exploring a range of techniques and ways of seeing to record and develop your creative thinking, led by Trevor Flynn and Peter Ayres.

Explore the art of stop motion animation in this hands-on claymation workshop for adults, inspired by the films of LAIKA Studios.

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Join us for a special weekend celebrating ten years of the Design Museum in Kensington. From conversations and creative encounters to hands-on activities and unexpected discoveries, this weekend brings together the people and ideas that make us who we are and explore how design can help us imagine new possibilities for the future.

Join us for an evening life-drawing session in the museum’s iconic atrium, facilitated and styled by celebrated fashion designer Feben, and inspired by a curator-led tour introducing fashion pieces featured in The Nue Black Aesthetic exhibition.

Join us for a Relaxed Opening of our exhibitions, suitable for people who might find visiting museums overwhelming. A dedicated team will welcome visitors with a neurodivergent profile, sensory processing differences, SEND, neurological conditions, or anxiety and their families, companions, and carers. Visit the page for more information.

Discover how Black experience today shapes design culture in this group tour for D/deaf visitors who use British Sign Language and their companions, facilitated by Edward Richards.

Explore behind the scenes of Es Devlin: Other Worlds with exhibition curator Danielle Thom.

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To celebrate the exhibition Es Devlin: Other Worlds, artist and designer Es Devlin will be in conversation with Conran Foundation Chief Curator Johanna Agerman Ross to discuss the influences and creative processes behind her extraordinary practice, from immersive installations and sculptures to landmark projects.

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