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Wes Anderson: The Archives at the Design Museum: 'Mind-boggling universe-building'

5/5 Wes Anderson’s personal collection of items from his films - and notebooks, and sets, and a lot more - show a film-maker obsessed with his craft

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Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

A Wes Anderson exhibition in London, a technological takeover at the MUNCH Triennale in Oslo, and the highly-anticipated release of 'Wicked: For Good'. Here's what to look out for this week.

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Blitz: Iconic nightclub that made the New Romantics famous celebrated in groundbreaking show

Spandau Ballet, Siobhan Fahey, Princess Julia and Boy George were all regulars

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Culture Agenda: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

The Man of Steel launches a new era for the DC Universe, London's Design Museum explores the rise of eco buildings, and indie faves Wet Leg get a little softer with 'Moisturizer'.

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Bethan Laura Wood — "I Want to Make Things That Reward and Uplift You the More Time You Spend With Them"

As her debut UK solo exhibition continues at London's Design Museum, the designer welcomes us into her hypnotic Hackney studio to talk her layered vision of craft, its power to bring joy, and spark conversation

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London’s Design Museum takes a deep dive into our love affair with swimming

From art deco lidos to 1980s Speedos, the curator of a new exhibition on swimming and style talks about the inspiration behind it

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Alone on Valentines Day? From evil sex robots to anti-romance, London's top 10 cultural places to go solo

If ‘Me, myself and I’ is tonight's theme - London has some love or you

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It's Tim Burton's World, We're Just Living in It — 3 Hauntingly Spooky Ways to Get in on the Fun

From a London show gathering artifacts from his 50-year career to a rentable, ghostly residence inspired by his latest film, and the Burtonesque specters at the New York Botanical Garden, the film-maker's fantasies are now reality

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Tim Burton and the making of a haven for weirdos

IN FOCUS: The archives belonging to the celebrated filmmaker behind macabre classics including ‘Beetlejuice’, ‘Batman’ and ‘Edward Scissorhands’ have gone on display at London’s Design Museum. It’s spooky, beautiful, and the exhibition of the year, writes Adam White

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‘They did a beautiful job’: Tim Burton inaugurates his Design Museum exhibition

The World Of Tim Burton will open at the London museum on Friday and run until April 21 2025.

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The World of Tim Burton at the Design Museum review: a creepy, witty and visually ravishing journey into a fantastical mind

4/5 This show into Burton’s creative output from childhood to now is delicious and suitably erratic

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The World of Tim Burton review – Johnny Depp’s scissorhands can’t cut through the cobwebs and corpses

The Design Museum, LondonThis world-touring exhibition showcases the kooky, gothy director’s early passions and obsessions – but he’s no Edgar Allan Poe

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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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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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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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An icon turns 65: Barbie’s changing style showcased in London exhibition

As doll’s fame hits a new high, Design Museum will explore the impact her changing appearance has had

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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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At HOTA, sneakers find their well-deserved place in art galleries at last

Sneakers were once traditionally associated with what fashion academic Naomi Braithwaite describes as “athleticism”: they were only considered in their relationship to sports.

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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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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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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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‘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

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Showstopper from Björk heads 30-year fashion spectacular

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

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Design Museum to celebrate rebellious London fashion, including Björk’s infamous swan dress

‘Rebel: 30 Years of London Fashion’ at the Design Museum, sponsored by Alexander McQueen, will celebrate the trailblazing designers who have lived and worked in the British capital

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