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We’re delighted to announce a new series of Design Culture Salons for 2014/15. This academic year we are presenting seven salons. These take place on the second Friday of each month, October-April. They are presented with the generous support of … Continue reading →

Friday 7 March 2014, 1900-2030 Seminar Room One, Sackler Centre, Victoria & Albert Museum ‘Fourth Wave’ feminism has recently put gender politics back in the headlines and is impacting on the design of everyday objects, from the £10 note to … Continue reading →

For those interested in design culture, the structure and arrangement of the designer start-up is a fruitful place to focus attention since it captures and animates the dynamics of design in relation to a host of other factors: the social, … Continue reading →

Friday 7 February, 1900h Seminar Room 1:  Sackler Centre, Victoria & Albert Museum In an economy no longer focused on mass production, designers have had to be innovative and inventive in finding models through which they can start their businesses … Continue reading →

How we think about the information that is embedded into design or that accompanies it in its processes and products is inextricably linked to the larger contexts of political economy. The misinformation or, at least, misapprehensions that have surrounded the … Continue reading →

Friday 10th January, 1900h Seminar Room 1:  Sackler Centre, the Victoria & Albert Museum From banking to national security, the notion of transparency has been a popular subject of late and was high on the agenda at the G8 summit … Continue reading →

For a profession that deals with objects, images and spaces, there’s a lot of talk in design. Client presentations, team briefings, studio crits, professional practice talks, office chat and so on. These form part of what we understand as ‘design … Continue reading →