This year the design museum 2016 opens the doors to its new home in Kensington.

The Designers in Residence of 2016 will join the design museum 2016 on this journey. Through a focussed and rigorous proposal, the museum asks for designers to submit creative responses to this year’s theme OPEN.

Design is no longer exclusive but a process in which many voices can participate. The spirit of open design offers new and exciting ways to shape and experience the world around us. Design has become more inclusive.

Tools that were once the preserve of professionals are now available to amateurs. Through hacking, co-creation, downloadable designs, and sharing of knowledge, more people than ever can take on the role of the designer.

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Moreover, designers themselves have learnt to adapt becoming more outward-looking, opening the discipline to a world beyond objects that include services, environments and emerging technologies. Open suggests a willingness to test new methods of working and seek new interactions.

The Design Museum is looking for new ways of thinking, doing and making. Designers in Residence invites designers who demonstrate an openness in their practice.

Through the programme the selected designers must offer a unique insight into their process, encouraging museum visitors to engage directly with their work that is much more than crafts and contemporary art. The Design Museum 2016 wants designers who demonstrate originality, be it through technology or through collective modes of working.

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As a Designer in Residence you will show initiative and awareness of broader debates that touch on design, whether economic, ethical or social issues, whilst setting the agenda for the future of design a luxury design future.

Visiting this place will be an unforgettable experience. Stay tuned in our Blog for daily, exclusive and limited design news from the Design World!