Tuesday, 3 May 2016

The Design Museum - May Events

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Social Media Masterclass

Free workshop: learn from top London Instagrammer
Sunday 15 & 22 May | 14 - 19 years

Join this two-part digital workshop and social media experiment. Explore how to create content for Snapchat and Instagram and learn from one of London’s top 10 Instagrammers, Mr Whisper.
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Tool Up Day

Saturday 7 May
12.00 - 16.00 | Free drop in

A tool-up day celebrating making, fixing and innovation. Meet Hummingbird who are developing the lightest folding bike in the world  plus some of the bike frame builders featured in Cycle Revolution.
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An Archive of Mass Production

Tuesday 10 May | Doors from 18.15
Museum Director Deyan Sudjic speaks to artist and designer Stuart Haygarth about his new book Strand, which features photographs of thousands of man-made objects he collected from beaches along the English south coast. "The results are strange and beautiful," says Robert Macfarlane, The Telegraph.
 
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Cycle Style Late

Friday 13 May | Doors from 18.00
Leading cycling apparel brands take over the museum for an evening complete with a cycle style gallery, top-trumps, bamboo workshops and DJ. Plume will also be on hand with a chocolate lollipop lathe. Part of the Museums at Night series.
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Architecture Show and Tell

Thursday 19 May | From 18.15
From kick-starters to civic architecture, what does the profession look like for a 21st century architect? Hear from architects Sarah Castle (IF_DO), Chris Romer-Lee (Studio Octopi), Katy Marks (Citizens Design Bureau), Sophie Goldhill (Liddicoat & Goldhill) and Lionel Real de Azua (Red Deer) at this month's London School of Architecture Show and Tell in partnership with RIBA Journal.
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Upcoming Creative Workshops

15 & 29 May |  Free with museum entry
On the 15 May Sunday Sketch is dedicated to riverside architecture with William Grill. Create and Make returns on 29 May utilising the humble bike tyre as a graphic design tool.
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Audience Panels

From time to time, the Design Museum consults with audiences about its programmes and venue. If you are interested in taking part in future audience panels please register your interest.
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