Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things

from 30 January 2013

London

The Design Museum has the UK’s only collection devoted exclusively to contemporary design and architecture. This new permanent collection display reveals intriguing insights in the most exceptional of everyday objects.

The opening of the museum’s permanent collection marks an essential milestone in the journey towards the future of the Design Museum at its new home in Kensington, where the entire top floor will display the museum’s collection of twentieth-century design.

The exhibition presents six key stories through hundreds of items, offering a diverse investigation into the impact of design on our everyday lives. The exhibition will show the surprising origins of famous and lesser known designs, alongside contextual images and documents.

http://designmuseum.org

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things [photo: Luke Hayes]