London's Design Museum re-opens November 24.

London's much loved  Design Museum will re-open November 24 at its new location in upmarket Kensington, in the former Commonwealth Institute building - after 27 years in a former warehouse in Shad Thames across the river.

With the promise of three times more space than its previous venue, the Design Museum's new home is billed to have a superslick interior, designed by John Pawson, and houses three exhibition spaces, a library and archive, a restaurant and café, learning spaces and a designers-in-residence studio.   Plus an impressive "hyperbolic paraboloid" roof.

No doubt it will prove to be London's newest swanky destination - not just for our cultural enrichment, but for shopping as well with two shops filled with trendy lifestyle products.

Of course the Design Museum no longer has the view of the historic Tower Bridge.  But the new location is a stone's throw from trendy Holland Park and close to the heart of Kensington’s cultural zone that includes the Victoria & Albert Museum and Science Museum.

The permanent collection in the Design Museum is free but periodical exhibitions cost £14.
There is a public programme of talks and classes monthly and design workshops to nurture young talents.  Can't wait to get involved.

Design Museum reopens Thursday November 24 at 224-238 Kensington High Street, London. 

Photos - Design Museum's own.