Exhibition Archive

Exhibitions since the opening of the new extension in November 1998 are listed below. Information on earlier exhibitions can be obtained by contacting the Curatorial and Press departments on 020 7739 9893.

Home and Garden Part 4: 1960 - present

Sisters by Boyd and Evans, 2004 from Home and Garden Part Four

16 October 2007 - 3 February 2008

Main Exhibition Space

Cycle of Life: Hackney Elders in their Gardens

Cycle of Life exhibition October 2007

16 October 2007 - 3 February 2008

Concourse Area

Photographs by Sophie Verhagen

Ceramics in the City

Ceramics in the City 2007

21 - 23 September 2007

Main Exhibition Space, Art Room 2, outside Gift Shop/Upper Concourse

Press Release - Ceramics in the City 07

Home and Garden Part 3: 1914 - 1960

An Interior by Ellen D Nicholson, 1920

20 February - 24 June 2007

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Home and Garden Parts 3 + 4

Ceramics in the City

Luna Lighting

22 - 24 September 2006

Main Exhibition Space, Art Room 2, outside Gift Shop/Upper Concourse

Press Release - Ceramics in the City 2006

Domestic Archaeology: an installation by The Light Surgeons

Light Surgeons Installation

25 April - 28 August 2006

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Domestic Archaeology

The West Indian Front Room: Memories and Impressions of Black British Homes

Suitcase, West Indian Front Room

18 October 2005 - 19 February 2006

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - The West Indian Front Room

Ceramics in the City

Amy Cooper

23 - 25 September 2005

Main Exhibition Space, Design Centre, Art Room 2

Annual selling fair of 50 selected ceramicists.

Press Release - Ceramics in the City 2005

Private Places: Garden Photography Exhibition

5 July - 29 August 2005

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Private Places

Images in the City

Harvest Field by Brian Innes

24 - 26 June 2005

Main Exhibition Space

Juried art fair organised by The Friends of the Geffrye.

Press Release - Images in the City 2005

SIT? A Show of Contemporary Seating

John Angelo Benson - Naked Confort

15 February - 29 August 2005

Design Centre

Press Release - SIT? A Show of Contemporary Seating

Choice Chairs

Zandra Rhodes - photograph by Gorm Shackelford

15 February - 29 August 2005

Concourse Area

Portraits of eight members of the London design community, with a chair or seat of their choice.

The English Regional Chair

Double portrait Windsor and Ladderback chair

15 February - 12 June 2005

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - The English Regional Chair

Christmas Past

30 November 2004 - 2 January 2005

Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms

Them Indoors

Up the wall lamp by Gitta Gschwendtner

23 September 2004 - 16 January 2005

Design Centre

An Installation by Carl Clerkin, Gitta Gschwendtner and William Warren.

Press Release - Them Indoors

Hidden Art Revealed

Room shoes by Ayumi Suzuki

23 September 2004 - 16 January 2005

Concourse Area

Press Release - Hidden Art Revealed

Kitchen Voices, Still Lives

Robert Teed

23 September 2004 - 16 January 2005

Main Exhibition Space

Photographs by Robert Teed.

Press Release Kitchen Voices, Still Lives

Ceramics in the City

18 - 19 September 2004

Main Exhibition Space, Design Centre, Art Room 2

Flock 'n' Roll

From Flock 'n 'Roll

9 March - 30 August 2004

Design Centre

Press Release - Flock 'n' Roll

Home and Garden: Domestic Spaces in Painting from 1830 to 1914 (Part Two)

The Pet by Walter Howell Deverell

9 March - 18 July 2004

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Home and Garden Part II

Home and Garden: Domestic Spaces in Paintings from 1675 to 1830 (Part One)

A View into the Garden - attributed to Thomas Pole

16 September 2003 - 18 January 2004

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Home and Garden Part I

The Bombay Sapphire Blue Room Exhibition: Glass in Contemporary Life

NeON by Paul Cocksedge

23 September 2003 - 11 January 2004

Design Centre

Press Release - Blue Room

Christmas Past Exhibition

25 November 2003 - 4 January 2004

Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms

Garden Photographers' Exhibition 2003

24 June - 24 August 2003

Main Exhibition Space

Ceramics in the City

7 - 8 June 2003

Main Exhibition Space, Design Centre, Art Room 2

Gutted: An Exhibition of Photographs by Etienne Clement

Gutted - photograph by Etienne Clement

11 February - 25 May 2003

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Gutted

From Warehouse to My House: Loft Style in the Domestic Interior

From Warehouse to My House - photograph by David Secombe

11 February - 25 May 2003

Design Centre

Photographs by David Secombe.

Press Release - From Warehouse to My House

Mies Meets Marx: mmm An Installation by Michael Marriott

bucketlamp by Michael Marriott

26 September 2002 - 19 January 2003

Design Centre

Press Release - Mies Meets Marx: mmm

Ceramic Rooms: At Home with Kate Malone and Edmund de Waal

Detail of porcelain pots by Edmund de Waal

24 September 2002 - 19 January 2003

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Ceramic Rooms

Christmas Past

26 November 2002 - 5 January 2003

Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms

onetree

3 flatpack chairs by Robert Kilvington

26 June - 1 September 2002

Main Exhibition Space, Design Centre and Concourse

Press Release - onetree

Ceramics in the City

8 - 9 June 2002

Main Exhibition Space, Design Centre, Art Room 2

Cutting Edge: An Exhibition of British Cutlery and Place Settings

Campaign set, London, 1726

26 March - 2 June 2002

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Cutting Edge

Cutting Design

26 March - 2 June 2002

Design Centre

Press Release - Cutting Design

After the Fire: London Furniture 1666-1714

Detail of Japanned corner cupboard, English c1710

13 November 2001 - 3 March 2002

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - After the Fire

Stripey Drawers by Wales and Wales

Stripey Drawers by Wales & Wales

13 November 2001 - 3 March 2002

Design Centre

Press Release - Special Exhibitions Autumn 2001

Christmas Past

27 November 2001 - 6 January 2002

Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms

At Home With Plastics?

Armchair and Ottoman designed by Robin Day

10 April - 27 August 2001

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - At Home with Plastics?

Radical Plastics

Perspex Tower (light) by Ute Leiner

4 April - 27 August 2001

Design Centre

Press Release - Radical Plastics

The Hidden Art Selected

'Ubi' Magazine rack by Li Marhaban

8 November 2000 - 15 January 2001 and 17 January - 1 April 2001

Design Centre

Press Release - Hidden Art Selected

The House Beautiful: Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Interior

Glazed earthenware tile manufactured by Minton Hollins & Co, c1877

18 July 2000 - 21 January 2001

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release: The House Beautiful

Christmas Past

28 November 2000 - 5 January 2001

Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms

Contemporary Glass: Design from East London

Columbia Glassworks - Nick Blackmore + Ed Nevill

6 July - 5 November 2000

Design Centre

Press Release - Contemporary Glass

Contemporary Furniture: Design from East London

3 May - 2 July 2000 (Show Two)

Design Centre

Press Release - Contemporary Furniture

Contemporary Furniture: Design from East London

'Le Mons' chair by Francois le Franc

23 February - 30 April 2000 (Show One)

Design Centre

Matthew Hilton: Furniture for Our Time

Balzac Chair by Matthew Hilton

15 February - 25 June 2000

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Matthew Hilton

Rachael Howard - Contemporary Textiles

Textile by Rachael Howard

6 October 1999 - 20 February 2000

Design Centre

Press Release - Rachael Howard

Mary Beale: Portrait of a 17th Century Painter, Her Family and Her Studio

Portrait of Catherine Thynne by Mary Beale

21 September 1999 - 30 January 2000

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Mary Beale

Christmas Past

30 November 1999 - 5 January 2000

Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms

Best of Hackney

Platinum Jugs by Nicola Tassie

27 April - 3 October 1999

Design Centre

Press Release - Best of Hackney

Ruskin Pottery Centenary Exhibition

Ruskin Pottery - 6 glass phials

13 April - 27 June 1999

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - Ruskin Pottery

Christmas Past

1 December 1998 - 3 January 1999

Annual seasonal exhibition throughout the period rooms

Design Centre - Inaugural Exhibition

19 November 1998 - 21 March 1999

Design Centre

Press Release - Design Centre Inaugural Exhibition

CR Ashbee in East London

Writing cabinet by CR Ashbee

19 November 1998 - 21 March 1999

Main Exhibition Space

Press Release - CR Ashbee in East London