Design Museum co-directors Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black will step down after 12 years in charge

Grand designs: Alice Black and Deyan Sudjic will step down in January
Phil Sharp
Robert Dex @RobDexES4 October 2019

Design Museum co-directors Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black will stand down after 12 years in charge.

The pair, who saw the museum undergo a multi-million pound transformation and its move to a new Kensington home, will leave at the end of January.

They worked together for 12 years in which the museum was transformed from a small specialist institution in Shad Thames to a major institution in the refurbished Commonwealth Institute in Kensington High Street.

Recent exhibitions include celebrations of the career of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick and a 70-year history of Ferrari with almost two million visitors passing through the doors since the move in 2016.

Sudjic said: “We have shown that design can change the world, and that the Design Museum has changed design. Now I want to see where design is going next.”

Museum founder Terence Conran said the move to Kensington “allowed all my early dreams and ambitions to come true”.

He said: “We have created a world class museum with the size and scope for the serious promotion and celebration of design and architecture in this country.

“I am eternally grateful to Deyan and Alice for their outstanding work in leading and realising this vision and for the three successful years we have enjoyed in our museum’s new iconic home.

“They have created the robust foundations that will ensure the Design Museum continues to promote the importance of design to our country for decades to come.”

A successor is expected to be announced next week.

Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition at the Design Museum, in pictures

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