"The museum's treasure trove of 4,500 items includes a recently acquired first edition1959 Barbie doll, the first iPhone and iPod and an iconic 1964 road sign designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert. It moved to its new home in Kensington in 2016 from a former banana warehouse near Tower Bridge and hopes to open the new gallery in time for the 40th birthday celebrations."
"The museum in Kensington, west London, has been awarded 267,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop its ideas. It then hopes to apply for 2.7m in funding to transform those ideas into reality. Chief curator Johanna Agerman Ross, said she had "ambitious ideas" for the collection of largely 20th and 21st-century design. She added: "We have no concrete plans, the process starts now.""
The Design Museum has received £267,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop proposals for a major expansion of its permanent collection gallery, and plans to apply for £2.7m to deliver the project. The museum holds about 4,500 items, including a 1959 first-edition Barbie, the first iPhone and iPod, and a 1964 road sign by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert. The museum moved to Kensington in 2016 from a former banana warehouse and aims to open the new gallery by its 40th anniversary in 2029. A development phase of up to two years will include audience consultation on display preferences, a focus on contemporary design, nurturing future designers, highlighting design’s role in the net-zero transition, and increasing annual visitors to 800,000.
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