Do It Yourself: Democracy and Design
Upcoming Exhibitions
‘Do It Yourself: Democracy and Design’ explores the history of the DIY movement and the freedom it has given the consumer to take control of the design and manufacture of goods rather than relying on professional design and production processes. The exhibition examines the advice leaflets, manuals and guide books, retail catalogues, newspaper reports magazines and later, radio and television programmes, as often the only evidence that remains of what for many has been a significant part of everyday life.
The exhibition covers a period of some three centuries in total, researched and written by a series of established and respected design historians across the UK and the USA and curated by Paul Atkinson. The exhibition is supported by the academic institutions of the authors, and by Oxford University Press, who has published a special issue of the Journal of Design History to coincide with the exhibition. Following on from the Design Centre, the exhibition will be shown at the Museum of Domestic Architecture in Middlesex, before travelling to New York.
Dates and opening hours
the design centre
11-15 Shambles Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2SQ.
www.designcentrenorth.com
5 MAY– 17 JUNE 2006
Gallery open
Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm and Saturday 10am - 3pm
Admission Free
MoDA Middlesex University
Cat Hill, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 8HT
25 JULY– 10 SEPTEMBER 2006
For more information on the exhibition or to interview the curator, please email Paul Atkinson
To order the special issue of the Journal of Design History, click here
