Following record-breaking visitor numbers in 2019, the Design Museum, London announced its forthcoming exhibition program.
Prada. Front and Back
Opening September 2020
This exhibition will offer insight into Prada’s creative approach, inspirations and landmark collaborations. Facing the future, it will explore Prada’s transformation of the idea and practice of fashion and the continuing evolution of a global enterprise. Different sectors will reflect the idea of front and back, conveying both the surface of fashion and at the same time the creative and industrial infrastructure on which it depends.
Miuccia Prada’s story is unique. Joining the family business in the mid-70s, she turned it into one of the most successful fashion houses in the world, at the same time as transforming the landscape of style and culture. With her husband, Patrizio Bertelli, she has changed the way that people dress, redefined how we understand luxury, explored new materials and technologies and invested passionately in art, design and architecture. She has made Prada the essence of modernity.
Electronic
Dates: April 1, 2020 – July 26, 2020
Music is only part of the story. Evoking the experience of a being in a club, the exhibition will transport you through the people, art, design, technology and photography that have been capturing and shaping the electronic music landscape.
Travel to dance floors from Detroit to Chicago, Paris, Berlin and the U.K.’s thriving scene. Enter a 3D Kraftwerk experience, lose yourself in mesmerizing installations and discover the stories behind the instruments that made it all possible.
Featuring the likes of Detroit techno legend Jeff Mills, Ellen Allien, Jean-Michel Jarre, the seminal BBC Radiophonic Workshop, large scale images of rave culture by Andreas Gursky, iconic DJ masks and fashion, a genre-spanning soundtrack by French DJ and producer Laurent Garnier, graphics from Peter Saville, history-making labels and club nights; and more.
This exhibition is by the Musée de la Musique – Philharmonie de Paris.
Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street
Dates: May 6, 2020 – September 6, 2020
Cult classics, limited edition silhouettes and rare colorways will go under the spotlight as the Design Museum steps into the world of sneakers for the first time. Sneaker design has revolutionized retail styles, taken hold of a subculture and sparked a phenomenal audience of ‘sneakerheads’ from all over the world.
Divided into three parts – Performance, Street Culture and Fashion – the exhibition invites you behind the scenes and reveals the design process behind the most innovative kicks, be that self-lacing, 3D printed, made from 100% recyclables or cushioned with air bubbles.
Uncover the style icons and brand collaborations that have shaped the sneaker scene, examine the high-fashion reinvention of a streetwear staple and touch on the lucrative resale market that is currently valued at $2 billion. For the first time, trend cycles are moving faster than the traditional speed of sneaker production, and this exhibition asks what the impact of this is on manufacturing technology, creatives and makers.
