From major exhibitions to creative collaborations, highlights like Wes Anderson’s archive, VE Day poppies, the Design Biennale and Craft Week celebrate leading design.
Calling all film buffs, the Design Museum is set to open the first major exhibition dedicated to Wes Anderson’s work this November. Featuring more than 600 objects from his archive, the show will include everything from original storyboards and notebooks to miniature models, costumes, and props, many on public display in the U.K. for the first time.
Tim Marlow, Director and CEO of the Design Museum, says of the filmmaker, “Wes Anderson has created some of the most visually distinctive and emotionally resonant films of the last two decades, from the melancholic charm of The Royal Tenenbaums to the youthful adventurism of Moonrise Kingdom. He’s an utterly compelling creator of cinematic worlds, whose singular vision and attention to detail are underpinned by an acute understanding of design and craftsmanship, which is why the Design Museum is the perfect location for this landmark retrospective.”
One of the biggest and most recognizable items will be the large-scale, candy-pink model of The Grand Budapest Hotel, offering a glimpse into the visual world Anderson has built over three decades.
Lucia Savi, Head of Curatorial and Interpretation at the Design Museum and co-curator of Wes Anderson The Archives, says on the upcoming show, “Each Wes Anderson picture plunges the viewer into a world with its own codes, motifs, references, and with sumptuous and instantly recognisable sets and costumes.”
Wes Anderson: The Archives is produced by the Design Museum, London, in partnership with Wes Anderson and American Empirical Pictures, and in collaboration with La Cinémathèque française. Curated by Johanna Agerman Ross and Lucia Savi, the show builds on an original concept by Matthieu Orléan, with additional contributions from Octavia Peissel and Ben Adler.
The exhibition will open to the public on the 21st of November 2025.Other Design NewsSuperfine: Tailoring Black Style Opens At The Met
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