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Is Tim Burton an outsider auteur or a global megastar? The Design Museum thinks it has the answer

“Like walking around in a weird, beautiful funhouse.” That’s how Tim Burton described his private viewing of The World of Tim Burton at the exhibition’s opening at London’s Design Museum.

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The World of Tim Burton review – a tour around a singular creative mind

The director is the subject of an immersive touring show that ranges from his drawings since childhood to Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman outfit

The Guardian - UK

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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Things to do this week, from the Libertines to supper on the tube

The very best ways to while away the weekend, whether you’re heading out or staying in

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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.

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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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The top London shows and events for kids during October half term

From Paddington Bear to Tim Burton’s adventures: London’s back to the rescue with Half Term events

Evening Standard

5 things not to miss at Habitat’s innovative Changing Spaces installation

Ideal Home’s Sara Hesikova shares her highlights from Habitat’s immersive new installation at the Design Museum

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What's the future of your wardrobe? Design Museum announces new sustainable fashion display

A new display at the Design Museum will focus on sustainable fashion with an acquisition from Ahluwalia

Evening Standard

We remember Kenneth Grange, the British industrial designer, who has died aged 95

Kenneth Grange was a colossus of post-war design. With a career spanning six decades, his mission for improvement touched everything from trains to fountain pens, taxis to toothbrushes

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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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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

The Conversation

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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

Evening Standard

‘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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