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Barbie at the Design Museum: playful exhibition reflects on a pop-culture icon

Can the last 65 years of mainstream western design tastes, consumer culture and women’s history be told through the story of an 11.5-inch plastic doll? Barbie: The Exhibition at the Design Museum in London attempts to do just that. By considering Barbie through a design lens, the show explores how…

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Tour the Barbie exhibition at the Design Museum

‘Barbie®: The Exhibition’ is on view at the Design Museum from 5 July 2024 - 23 February 2025, showcasing over 250 objects that explore the iconic doll’s design evolution, spanning fashion to architecture

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Barbie: The Exhibition review – the wonder doll’s evolution, from Gehry homes to ‘gay Ken’

Deep dive into the pink plastic universe charts society’s cultural, design, fashion and body-image changes – reflected in the life of the world’s most popular doll

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The best exhibitions in London this summer, from Barbie to Vincent van Gogh

From rare works from Renaissance masters, to photography series celebrating play, the city is packed with dazzling art shows

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Colourful card game wins Design Museum’s Design Ventura competition

Annual design competition Design Ventura was won by students from The Piggott School, who created a fun I Spy-inspired card game

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Enzo Mari review – the anarchic Italian at war with design world ‘pornography’

Design Museum, LondonFrom his steel-bar fruit bowl to his troop of wooden animals, the combative creator railed against ‘the rampant consumption of luxury furniture’ – despite his own hefty price tags

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Good news of the week: Olly Alexander's Eurovision entry and Barbie at the Design Museum

The good news of the week, from the UK’s Eurovision entry to a new Barbie exhibition

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Attua Aparicio wins Ralph Saltzman Prize 2024

The Design Museum, London, announces Attua Aparicio as winner of The Ralph Saltzman Prize for emerging designers, and will showcase her work from 1 February until 15 April 2024

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Make your friends green with envy with the new colour du jour

Adele Cardani speaks to fashion designer turned interiors expert Matthew Williamson on why everyone should decorate their home with a splash of green

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Skateboard at the Design Museum celebrates 60 years of style, culture and cool

Skateboards are not complicated design objects. They consist of little more than a simple deck, usually made of wood, which forms the riding surface. The board is completed by a pair of trucks (pivoted metal turning devices) and four polyurethane wheels.

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To say I'm excited for Tim Burton's new art exhibition is an understatement

It makes its UK debut next Halloween.

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Kate to speak about her foundation’s early childhood research

Kate, who launched her early years Shaping Us campaign in January, will host the event at the Design Museum in London.

The Independent UK

One giant ollie for skate-kind! The show where you pull your own gnarly tricks

From Tony Hawk’s first ever board to a fully functioning mini-ramp for those brave enough to have a go, the Design Museum is racing through 70 years of hot wheels

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‘We all deserve to take up space’: The changing face of London’s skate scene

From mums in their 50s to people in the LGBTQIA+ community, more people than ever are finding a place in the world of skateboarding. Ahead of the sport’s second Olympic competition at Paris 2024, Isabelle Aron learns more about London’s increasingly inclusive scene

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Battersea area guide: the Design Museum’s chief curator on how her area has undergone a vibe shift

The Design Museum’s new chief curator Johanna Agerman Ross on how her changing area offers culture, good connections and top cinema snacks

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A Barbie exhibition is coming to the Design Museum next year

Exhibition will celebrate 65 years of life in plastic

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It’s Barbie and (High Street) Ken! Doll gets a 65th birthday show at the Design Museum

The new exhibition will coincide with the toy’s 65th anniversary

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Dolled up: Design Museum to host Barbie exhibition next year

The London museum has been granted special access to the world-famous toy’s archives in California and will explore her history ‘through a design lens’

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65th anniversary of Barbie to be marked with new Design Museum exhibition

After three years in the making, the exhibition will open on July 5 at the London museum.

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‘What did London have that New York, Paris, and Milan didn’t?’: how the UK capital’s fashion conquered the world

Thirty years ago, the capital’s fashion scene was in the shadow of its rivals. Now a new exhibition – featuring pieces worn by Björk and Sam Smith – charts the city’s nightlife-inspired resurgence

The Independent UK

Young people not snowflakes or wasters, says curator of rebellious fashion exhibition

The Design Museum collection includes nearly 100 looks from ground-breaking debut and early collections.

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I love saris — but I have never seen saris like these before

NPR correspondent Rhitu Chatterjee visited a hit London museum show called "The Offbeat Sari." It showed her how the garment has changed — and made her reflect on what the sari means to her.

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‘A truly unique object’: Design Museum to chart history of skateboards

Exhibition opening in the autumn will celebrate sport’s journey from fringes to Olympics

Evening Standard

Showstopper from Björk heads 30-year fashion spectacular

The Design Museum’s new exhibition will coincide with London Fashion Week

The Independent UK

Bjork’s controversial swan dress to go on display in new exhibition

It will join outfits worn by Harry Styles, Rihanna and Sam Smith, in an exhibition celebrating rebellious fashion.

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