Voice of London

Reporter: Mariya Grinina | Sub-Editor: Alina Isachenka

Photo by Gareth Gardner

The Design Museum opens to the public in its new location today. The museum moved from a former banana warehouse in Shad Thames to a mid-century building on Kensington High Street. The former Commonwealth Institute was restored into a spectacular minimalistic space by architectural designer John Pawson. New building is three times bigger than the old one, and is filled with natural light coming from its parabolic copper roof. It houses three exhibition spaces, a designers-in-residence studio, learning spaces, a library and archive, a restaurant and café.

And the good news – the permanent exhibition is free, for the first time of the museum’s existence since 1989.