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London's Design Museum opens sneakers exhibition

The Design Museum’s long-awaited exhibition dedicated to sneakers is finally opening to the public after the coronavirus pandemic delayed it by a year. ‘Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street’ opens today, May 18 and runs until October 24 and explores one of the most universal design objects, bought and worn by millions of people worldwide every day...

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Design Museum to place spotlight on sneakers with new exhibition

The Design Museum in London is launching its long-awaited exhibition focusing on sneakers this April, featuring designs by Nike, Adidas, Puma, Converse, Balenciaga, Comme des Garcons and Y3, Kanye West and A-Cold-Wall*. ‘Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street’ will take visitors on a journey through the design process and uncover the icons and...

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Telfar bag named best Fashion Design of 2020

Black-owned fashion brand Telfar has won Fashion Design of 2020 by the Design Museum for its vegan leather gender-neutral Telfar shopping bag which became a hot commodity last year. The Telfar Shopping Bag, dubbed “The Bushwick Birkin”, first dropped in 2014, and has been coined by many as one the accessory of the decade. The simple, boxy...

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Design Museum launches Digital Design Calendar to bring the museum into homes around the globe

From 1 April 2020, the Design Museum will launch a new calendar of online content to bring design into the homes of over 5 million of its digital followers across the globe Its new digital calendar includes lesson plans and activities for children at home with the Young Design Museum programme, a series of ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions for adults...

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Prada exhibition coming to London in 2020

The Design Museum has confirmed that next year it will host an exhibition offering insight into Prada’s creative approach, inspirations and landmark collaborations as part of its 2020 programme. ‘Prada. Front and Back’ will open in September 2020 and marks the first major museum exhibition for the Italian label, and will trace how Miuccia Prada...

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What will humans wear on Mars?

The ‘Moving to Mars’ exhibition, which opens today, October 18, at London’s Design Museum, explores humans ambitious to live on the red planet and explores some potential design solutions, including a full-scale prototype Mars habitat and the high-fashion clothing that the Martian pioneers might be wearing. The exhibition is structured into five...

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Erdem wins at Beazley Designs of the Year

London Fashion Week designer Erdem has been honoured for his innovative Royal Ballet costumes at the 2018 Beazley Design of the Year, an annual award and exhibition run by London's Design Museum. Womenswear designer Erdem Moralıoğlu was named as the fashion category winner for 2018 for the 24 costumes he designed for the Royal Ballet and...

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Video: See inside the Azzedine Alaïa exhibition at the Design Museum

The first-ever UK show dedicated to Tunisian-born master couturier Azzedine Alaïa has opened at the Design Museum in London and FashionUnited got access before the opening to take you on a three minute tour of the amazing couture pieces on display. The ‘Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier’ exhibition marks the Design Museum’s first fashion exhibition...

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Inside Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier exhibition

On May 10, the Design Museum opens its first fashion exhibition in it’s new home in Kensington, with a show dedicated to Tunisian-born master couturier Azzedine Alaïa, who died suddenly in November 2017. This isn’t however a retrospective of the designer’s life and career, instead ‘Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier’ is a celebration of the legendary...

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Nike’s Pro Hijab among Design of the Year winners

The Design Museum in London has named Nike’s Pro Hijab among the winner’s of Design of the Year 2017. Nike’s Pro Hijab was named the winner of the fashion category, as judges felt that the single-layer stretchy high-performance Hijab, designed by Rachel Henry, Baron Brandt, Megan Saalfeld and Brogan Terrell, “could change the face of sport for...