The Design Museum - Join the Design Museum as it reopens its doors in a stunning new home in Kensington, west London.

Friday 25 – Sunday 27 November Free weekend (excluding temporary exhibitions) Join the Design Museum as it reopens its doors in a stunning new home in Kensington, west London. Weekend Open features free workshops, installations, talks and performances for all ages. You can also be one of the first to see the opening exhibitions – Beazley Designs of the Year and Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World. More info

A conversation with John Pawson Friday 25 November, 18:15 - 19:30 £10 adults, £7.50 student/concession, £5 members In this must-see first public event, museum Director Deyan Sudjic hosts a conversation with the new Design Museum's designer John Pawson, curator Daniel Charny and the museum's Deputy Director Alice Black. Book tickets

It's Nice That presents Wednesday 30 November, 18:15 - 19:30 £10 adults, £7.50 student/concession, £5 members It's Nice That editor Owen Pritchard introduces a discussion with some of the designers behind the new Design Museum - OK-RM, Studio Hato, Fernando Gutierrez, Ian Cartlidge and Morag Myerscough. Book tickets

Unwrapped Thursday 1 December 2016, 18:00 - 20:00 Join the new Design Museum for this festive evening. Have your presents gift wrapped and join in the festive spirit with carols and seasonal food and drinks in the Parabola bar café restaurant and Design Museum coffee and juice counter. More info

Beazley Designs of the Year Exhibition Beazley Designs of the Year celebrates design that promotes or delivers change, enables access or captures the spirit of the year. Among the 70 nominated designs is the Space Cup which was developed on the International Space Station and enables astronauts to drink from a cup rather than a straw. Book now

Enter: Riff on the Roof Calling all design geeks and architectural anoraks. Celebrate the museum’s swooping new roof by competing in a head-to-head challenge during Weekend Open. Upload a ninety second video pitch that showcases your architectural acumen and hyperbolic know-how. Deadline for entries 7 November. Enter now

From friends Sleep: The Hotel Design Event 22 - 23 November Europe’s hotel design and development event comprises a conference, exhibition and concept installations. Register now for free entry. Register now

From friends Flaming June: The Making of an Icon at Leighton House Museum  4 November – 2 April  Enjoy this one-off opportunity to contemplate a 19th-century masterpiece in the spectacular artist house where it was painted. More info